Уменка
Perfectiveodet

одеть

dress (someone), put clothes on (someone)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
одеватьdress, clothe
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
одевать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIодену
  • тыyou (sg)оденешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itоденет
  • мыweоденем
  • выyou (pl)оденете
  • ониtheyоденут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheодел
  • онаsheодела
  • оноitодело
  • ониtheyодели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

одень

to a group / formal

оденьте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastодевший
  • Passive pastодетый
  • Adverbial (past)одев

Used with#

  • + acc (в + acc)

    + acc (в + acc)

Examples#

  • Мама одела малыша в тёплую куртку.

    Mum dressed the toddler in a warm jacket.

  • Перед прогулкой одень детей потеплее.

    Before the walk, dress the children more warmly.

About this verb#

  • Class 12a with the present-future stem in -н- (одену, оденешь), all stem-stressed. Critical pair distinction: одеть кого ('dress someone') vs. надеть что ('put on a garment'). Mixing these is the most common mistake even among native speakers.

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