Future tense#
Future Tense- яIотражу
- тыyou (sg)отразишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itотразит
- мыweотразим
- выyou (pl)отразите
- ониtheyотразят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheотразил
- онаsheотразила
- оноitотразило
- ониtheyотразили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
отрази
to a group / formal
отразите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastотразивший
- Passive pastотражённый
- Adverbial (past)отразив
Used with#
- + Acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Зеркало отразило её улыбку.
The mirror reflected her smile.
Они отразили атаку противника.
They repelled the enemy's attack.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from -раз- ('beat, strike') with от- ('back, away'). Class 4b has end-stress throughout (отражу, отразишь, отразят), with з → ж mutation in 1sg (отражу). Passive participle отражённый with end-stressed -ё-. Two senses: literal 'reflect light/image' and metaphoric 'repel an attack'.
Practice
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