Future tense#
Future Tense- яIлягу
- тыyou (sg)ляжешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itляжет
- мыweляжем
- выyou (pl)ляжете
- ониtheyлягут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheлёг
- онаsheлегла
- оноitлегло
- ониtheyлегли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
ляг
to a group / formal
лягте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastлёгший
- Adverbial (past)лёгши
Examples#
Я ляг отдохнуть на час.
I'll lie down to rest for an hour.
Снег лёг на крыши домов.
Snow settled on the rooftops.
About this verb#
- Class 8a perfective with hidden velar stem (ляг-). The г mutates to ж in 2sg-2pl (ляжешь, ляжет, ляжем, ляжете) but is preserved in the я-form (лягу) and 3pl (лягут), the same pattern as мочь. Past suppletive on root лёг-: лёг, легла, легло, легли. Aspect partner is the regular ложиться.
With prefixes#
Prefixes- влечьimpfdraw, drag, attract
- залечьpflie, lie in hiding, in wait, drop flat
- налечьpfoverlie, lean, apply oneself, work with a will
- облечьpfclothe, invest, vest; cover, fit closely
- отлечьpffeel relieved, subside (of worry)
- перелечьpflie down somewhere else, move
- полечьpflie down, fall, be killed, lie flat, be beaten down
- прилечьpflie down
- пролечьpfstretch, extend; run, lead (of a road, path)
Practice
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