Future tense#
Future Tense- яIопишу
- тыyou (sg)опишешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itопишет
- мыweопишем
- выyou (pl)опишете
- ониtheyопишут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheописал
- онаsheописала
- оноitописало
- ониtheyописали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
опиши
to a group / formal
опишите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastописавший
- Passive pastописанный
- Adverbial (past)описав
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Описать эту красоту словами невозможно.
It's impossible to describe this beauty in words.
Свидетель описал подозреваемого.
The witness described the suspect.
About this verb#
- Perfective of описывать. Class 6c on писать with с → ш mutation across the present-future (опишу, опишешь...). End stress in 1sg shifts to the stem from 2sg, the c-pattern.
Practice
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