Present tense#
Conjugation- яIосвещаю
- тыyou (sg)освещаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itосвещает
- мыweосвещаем
- выyou (pl)освещаете
- ониtheyосвещают
Future tense#
Future Tense- яIбуду освещать
- тыyou (sg)будешь освещать
- он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет освещать
- мыweбудем освещать
- выyou (pl)будете освещать
- ониtheyбудут освещать
Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheосвещал
- онаsheосвещала
- оноitосвещало
- ониtheyосвещали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
освещай
to a group / formal
освещайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active presentосвещающий
- Active pastосвещавший
- Passive presentосвещаемый
- Adverbial (present)освещая
- Adverbial (past)освещав, освещавши
Used with#
- + Acc
Фары освещают дорогу ночью.
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Фары освещают дорогу ночью.
The headlights illuminate the road at night.
Журнал освещает политические события.
The magazine covers political events.
About this verb#
- Class 1a with fixed stem stress (освещаю). Aspect partner осветить (Class 4b) has т → щ mutation in the я-form (освещу) and end-stress.
Practice
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