Уменка
Perfectivepochinit

починить

repair, fix, mend

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
чинитьrepair, mend, point
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
чинить

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпочиню
  • тыyou (sg)починишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпочинит
  • мыweпочиним
  • выyou (pl)почините
  • ониtheyпочинят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпочинил
  • онаsheпочинила
  • оноitпочинило
  • ониtheyпочинили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

почини

to a group / formal

почините

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпочинивший
  • Passive pastпочиненный
  • Adverbial (past)починив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Сосед починил мне велосипед за полчаса.

    The neighbour fixed my bike in half an hour.

  • Сам починишь компьютер или вызвать мастера?

    Will you fix the computer yourself or shall I call a technician?

About this verb#

  • Class 4c -ить, no mutation (н stays), c-stress: end-stress in 1sg (починю), stem-stress from 2sg (починишь). After ч in the 3pl the spelling is -ят (починят), but this verb has н, not ч, in the stem, so the standard rule applies anyway.

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