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Perfectivepodcherknut

подчеркнуть

underline

Other meaningsemphasize, stress

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
подчёркиватьunderline, underscore, emphasize
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIподчеркну
  • тыyou (sg)подчеркнёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itподчеркнёт
  • мыweподчеркнём
  • выyou (pl)подчеркнёте
  • ониtheyподчеркнут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheподчеркнул
  • онаsheподчеркнула
  • оноitподчеркнуло
  • ониtheyподчеркнули

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

подчеркни

to a group / formal

подчеркните

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastподчеркнувший
  • Passive pastподчёркнутый
  • Adverbial (past)подчеркнув

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • «Я хочу подчеркнуть важность этого решения.»

    I want to emphasize the importance of this decision.

  • Учитель подчеркнул ошибку красной ручкой.

    The teacher underlined the mistake with a red pen.

About this verb#

  • Perfective partner of подчёркивать. Class 3b semelfactive with -ну- suffix and end-stress on present-future endings, mirroring English single-act 'underline / underscore'. The passive participle подчёркнутый is common in academic prose.

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