Present tense#
Conjugation- яIползу
- тыyou (sg)ползёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itползёт
- мыweползём
- выyou (pl)ползёте
- ониtheyползут
Future tense#
Future Tense- яIбуду ползти
- тыyou (sg)будешь ползти
- он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет ползти
- мыweбудем ползти
- выyou (pl)будете ползти
- ониtheyбудут ползти
Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheполз
- онаsheползла
- оноitползло
- ониtheyползли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
ползи
to a group / formal
ползите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active presentползущий
- Active pastползший
- Adverbial (present)ползя
- Adverbial (past)ползши
Examples#
Маленький малыш ползёт по полу.
The little baby is crawling on the floor.
След улитки ползёт по тропинке.
The snail's trail crawls along the path.
About this verb#
- Highly irregular directional verb of motion (paired with non-directional ползать). Class 7b with з-stem and end-stress: ползу, ползёшь, ползут. Past: полз, ползла, ползло, ползли, with feminine and neuter end-stressed.
With prefixes#
Prefixes- вползтиpfcrawl, creep
- выползтиpfcreep out, crawl out, drag oneself out
- доползтиpfkriechen, sich schleppen bis
- заползтиpfcrawl, creep, begin to crawl
- наползтиpfcrawl in
- оползтиpfcrawl around; slide down, slip down
- отползтиpfcrawl away
- переползтиpfcrawl over, creep over, crawl, creep
- подползтиpfcreep up, creep
- поползтиpfcrawl; spread rumors
- приползтиpfcreep up, crawl up
- проползтиpfcreep, crawl
- сползтиpfslip, fall away, scramble down
- уползтиpfcrawl away, creep off
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