Future tense#
Future Tense- яIосвещу
- тыyou (sg)осветишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itосветит
- мыweосветим
- выyou (pl)осветите
- ониtheyосветят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheосветил
- онаsheосветила
- оноitосветило
- ониtheyосветили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
освети
to a group / formal
осветите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastосветивший
- Passive pastосвещённый
- Adverbial (past)осветив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Фары осветили тёмную дорогу.
The headlights lit up the dark road.
В докладе он осветил все важные вопросы.
In his talk he covered all the important questions.
About this verb#
- Perfective of освещать. Class 4b with т → щ mutation in 1sg (освещу) and end-stress throughout the present-future. The participle освещённый with ё shows the consonant alternation against the т of the stem; figurative 'shed light on a topic' is as common as the literal sense.
Practice
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