Future tense#
Future Tense- яIполетаю
- тыyou (sg)полетаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itполетает
- мыweполетаем
- выyou (pl)полетаете
- ониtheyполетают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheполетал
- онаsheполетала
- оноitполетало
- ониtheyполетали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
полетай
to a group / formal
полетайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastполетавший
- Adverbial (past)полетав
Examples#
Лётчик полетал над городом и приземлился.
The pilot flew over the city for a while and landed.
Хочешь полетать на воздушном шаре?
Want to do some hot-air-balloon flying?
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective of multidirectional летать (not unidirectional лететь!). Class 1a, end-stem-stressed (полета-). Pair contrast: полетать = fly around for a while; полететь = set off flying in one direction.
Practice
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