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Perfectivepomechtat

помечтать

dream (for a while), daydream a little

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
мечтатьdream
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
мечтать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпомечтаю
  • тыyou (sg)помечтаешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпомечтает
  • мыweпомечтаем
  • выyou (pl)помечтаете
  • ониtheyпомечтают

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпомечтал
  • онаsheпомечтала
  • оноitпомечтало
  • ониtheyпомечтали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

помечтай

to a group / formal

помечтайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпомечтавший
  • Adverbial (past)помечтав

Used with#

  • о + prep

    о + prepositional (about)

Examples#

  • Дай мне помечтать в тишине.

    Let me daydream a little in peace.

  • Мы помечтали о будущем и легли спать.

    We daydreamed about the future for a while and went to sleep.

About this verb#

  • Delimitative perfective of мечтать. Class 1a with end-stem stress on -ча- (помечта-). 'Dream about' takes о + prepositional. Note that мечтать means specifically 'daydream, fantasise', not 'dream while sleeping' (that's видеть сон).

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