Future tense#
Future Tense- яIопоздаю
- тыyou (sg)опоздаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itопоздает
- мыweопоздаем
- выyou (pl)опоздаете
- ониtheyопоздают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheопоздал
- онаsheопоздала
- оноitопоздало
- ониtheyопоздали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
опоздай
to a group / formal
опоздайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastопоздавший
- Adverbial (past)опоздав
Used with#
- на + acc
на + accusative (at, onto)
Examples#
Я опоздал на работу из-за пробок.
I was late for work because of the traffic.
Не опоздай на свой поезд!
Don't miss your train!
About this verb#
- Perfective of опаздывать. Class 1a -ать with suffix stress (опоздаю). The imperfective shifts stress to the prefix-vicinity (опаздывать), a typical stem-stress asymmetry between the iterative and its perfective achievement form. Takes на + accusative for what one is late for.
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