Future tense#
Future Tense- яIкашляну
- тыyou (sg)кашлянешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itкашлянет
- мыweкашлянем
- выyou (pl)кашлянете
- ониtheyкашлянут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheкашлянул
- онаsheкашлянула
- оноitкашлянуло
- ониtheyкашлянули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
кашляни
to a group / formal
кашляните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastкашлянувший
- Adverbial (past)кашлянув
Examples#
Он кашлянул, чтобы привлечь внимание.
He cleared his throat to get attention.
Ребёнок несколько раз кашлянул во сне.
The child coughed a few times in his sleep.
About this verb#
- Semelfactive perfective of кашлять. Class 3a -нуть with fixed stem stress (кашляну). The pair illustrates the typical iterative-vs-semelfactive contrast: кашлять describes recurring coughing fits, кашлянуть isolates a single cough.
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