Уменка
Perfectiveostanovit

остановить

stop (somebody / something), bring to a halt

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
останавливатьstop, bring to stop
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIостановлю
  • тыyou (sg)остановишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itостановит
  • мыweостановим
  • выyou (pl)остановите
  • ониtheyостановят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheостановил
  • онаsheостановила
  • оноitостановило
  • ониtheyостановили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

останови

to a group / formal

остановите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastостановивший
  • Passive pastостановленный
  • Adverbial (past)остановив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Полицейский остановил машину на дороге.

    The police officer stopped the car on the road.

  • Остановите такси на следующем углу.

    Stop the taxi at the next corner.

About this verb#

  • Class 4c -ить with в → вл mutation in 1sg (остановлю). Stress c-pattern: end-stress in 1sg, stem-stress from 2sg on. The reflexive остановиться 'come to a stop / stay (at a hotel)' is equally important, and the imperfective sister останавливать has an iterative -ива- suffix.

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