Уменка
Perfectivepodskazat

подсказать

prompt, give a hint

Other meaningssuggest, tell

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
подсказыватьprompt
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Shifting

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIподскажу
  • тыyou (sg)подскажешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itподскажет
  • мыweподскажем
  • выyou (pl)подскажете
  • ониtheyподскажут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheподсказал
  • онаsheподсказала
  • оноitподсказало
  • ониtheyподсказали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

подскажи

to a group / formal

подскажите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastподсказавший
  • Passive pastподсказанный
  • Adverbial (past)подсказав

Used with#

  • + dat (+ acc)

    + dat (+ acc)

Examples#

  • Подскажите, как пройти к метро.

    Please tell me how to get to the metro.

  • Товарищ подсказал мне ответ на экзамене.

    A friend prompted me with the answer during the exam.

About this verb#

  • Class 6c -ать with з → ж mutation throughout the present-future (подскажу, подскажешь, ... подскажут). c-stress: end-stress in 1sg, stem-stress from 2sg. The polite formula подскажите, пожалуйста... is the standard Russian way to ask a stranger for directions.

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