Уменка
Perfectiveotlichit

отличить

to tell apart, distinguish (one from another)

Other meaningsto single out for an award

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
отличатьtell, distinguish, reward
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
отличать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIотличу
  • тыyou (sg)отличишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itотличит
  • мыweотличим
  • выyou (pl)отличите
  • ониtheyотличат

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheотличил
  • онаsheотличила
  • оноitотличило
  • ониtheyотличили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

отличи

to a group / formal

отличите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastотличивший
  • Passive pastотличённый
  • Adverbial (past)отличив

Used with#

  • + acc от + gen

    + acc от + gen

Examples#

  • Не каждый может отличить оригинал от копии.

    Not everyone can tell the original from a copy.

  • За храбрость солдата отличили орденом.

    The soldier was decorated with an order for his bravery.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of отличать. Class 4b -ить with fixed end stress, no consonant mutation in the 1sg (root -ч-). Pairs with от + genitive in the 'distinguish A from B' sense.

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