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Perfectivepogasit

погасить

put out, extinguish (a light, fire)

Other meaningspay off (a debt)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
гаситьput out, extinguish
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
гасить

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпогашу
  • тыyou (sg)погасишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпогасит
  • мыweпогасим
  • выyou (pl)погасите
  • ониtheyпогасят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпогасил
  • онаsheпогасила
  • оноitпогасило
  • ониtheyпогасили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

погаси

to a group / formal

погасите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпогасивший
  • Passive pastпогашенный
  • Adverbial (past)погасив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Погаси свет перед сном.

    Turn off the light before bed.

  • Я наконец погасил кредит за машину.

    I finally paid off the car loan.

About this verb#

  • Class 4c -ить with с → ш mutation in 1sg (погашу). c-stress: end-stress in 1sg, stem-stress from 2sg. The 'pay off (debt)' sense is bureaucratic/financial, common in legal documents about credit, taxes.

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