Future tense#
Future Tense- яIмахну
- тыyou (sg)махнёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itмахнёт
- мыweмахнём
- выyou (pl)махнёте
- ониtheyмахнут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheмахнул
- онаsheмахнула
- оноitмахнуло
- ониtheyмахнули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
махни
to a group / formal
махните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastмахнувший
- Adverbial (past)махнув
Used with#
- + instr
+ instrumental
Examples#
Он махнул рукой и ушёл.
He gave a wave of his hand and left.
Машинист махнул флажком, и поезд тронулся.
The driver waved his flag, and the train started.
About this verb#
- Class 3b semelfactive ('one-shot') in -ну-, end-stressed throughout (махну, махнёшь). The imperfective махать describes ongoing or repeated waving; махнуть picks out a single discrete wave. Governs the instrumental of the body part or object waved.
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