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Perfectiveotdat

отдать

give back, hand over, give away

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
отдаватьgive out, give
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Irregular
Aspect partner
отдавать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIотдам
  • тыyou (sg)отдашь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itотдаст
  • мыweотдадим
  • выyou (pl)отдадите
  • ониtheyотдадут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheотдал
  • онаsheотдала
  • оноitотдало
  • ониtheyотдали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

отдай

to a group / formal

отдайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastотдавший
  • Passive pastотданный
  • Adverbial (past)отдав

Used with#

  • + acc + dat

    + acc + dat

Examples#

  • Отдай мне мою книгу!

    Give me back my book!

  • Они отдали всё своё имущество церкви.

    They gave away all their property to the church.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of отдавать, irregular like all дать-compounds: отдам, отдашь, отдаст, отдадим, отдадите, отдадут. Past tense pulls stress to the prefix in all forms except the feminine (отдал, отдала, отдали). Three living senses: 'return', 'hand over' and the figurative 'devote' (отдать жизнь).

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