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Perfectivenastat

настать

to come, arrive (of time/season)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
наставатьcome, begin
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
наставать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яI—
  • тыyou (sg)—
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itнастанет
  • мыwe—
  • выyou (pl)—
  • ониtheyнастанут

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheнастал
  • онаsheнастала
  • оноitнастало
  • ониtheyнастали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

—

to a group / formal

—

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastнаставший
  • Adverbial (past)настав

Examples#

  • Настало время принять решение.

    The time has come to make a decision.

  • Когда настанет лето, мы поедем на море.

    When summer comes, we'll go to the sea.

About this verb#

  • Prefixed perfective of -стать with на-. Class 14b (or 7b depending on tradition); only 3sg and 3pl exist, and this verb is impersonal in usage, taking abstract subjects like 'time', 'night', 'silence'. Past stem наста- (regular). Aspect partner наставать (Class 13b) carries end-stress and the -ва- formant.

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