Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпоболтаю
- тыyou (sg)поболтаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпоболтает
- мыweпоболтаем
- выyou (pl)поболтаете
- ониtheyпоболтают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпоболтал
- онаsheпоболтала
- оноitпоболтало
- ониtheyпоболтали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
поболтай
to a group / formal
поболтайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпоболтавший
- Adverbial (past)поболтав
Used with#
- с + instr; о + prep
с + instr; о + prep
Examples#
Мы немного поболтали за чашкой кофе.
We chatted a bit over a cup of coffee.
Давай поболтаем по телефону вечером.
Let's chat on the phone in the evening.
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective formed with по-: 'chat for a (limited) while.' Class 1a regular -ать with fixed stem stress. Like other по-delimitatives, it has no straightforward imperfective partner; болтать itself is the simplex it bounds.
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