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Perfectivepobit

побить

beat (someone), thrash

Other meaningsbeat (a record)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
битьto beat, hit, strike
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
бить

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпобью
  • тыyou (sg)побьёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпобьёт
  • мыweпобьём
  • выyou (pl)побьёте
  • ониtheyпобьют

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпобил
  • онаsheпобила
  • оноitпобило
  • ониtheyпобили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

побей

to a group / formal

побейте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпобивший
  • Passive pastпобитый
  • Adverbial (past)побив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Он побил мировой рекорд.

    He broke the world record.

  • Градом побило урожай.

    The hail ruined the harvest.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of бить. Class 16a, the пить/бить/лить/шить set: infinitive -ить, present-future -ью/-ьёшь stem (побью, побьёшь). Imperative drops the soft sign: побей (with -е- mobile vowel). Often used figuratively for breaking records.

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