Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпокурю
- тыyou (sg)покуришь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпокурит
- мыweпокурим
- выyou (pl)покурите
- ониtheyпокурят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпокурил
- онаsheпокурила
- оноitпокурило
- ониtheyпокурили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
покури
to a group / formal
покурите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпокуривший
- Passive pastпокуренный
- Adverbial (past)покурив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Выйду покурю на балкон.
I'll step out for a smoke on the balcony.
Они покурили и вернулись в офис.
They had a smoke and went back to the office.
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective of курить. Class 4c with mobile stress: end-stressed in 1sg (покурю), stem-stressed from 2sg (покуришь). No 1sg mutation (stem in -р-). The semantic effect is a bounded smoking session: one cigarette, a short break.
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