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Perfectiveponyukhat

понюхать

smell, sniff (briefly)

Other meaningshave a sniff

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
нюхатьsmell(verb)
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
нюхать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпонюхаю
  • тыyou (sg)понюхаешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпонюхает
  • мыweпонюхаем
  • выyou (pl)понюхаете
  • ониtheyпонюхают

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпонюхал
  • онаsheпонюхала
  • оноitпонюхало
  • ониtheyпонюхали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

понюхай

to a group / formal

понюхайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпонюхавший
  • Adverbial (past)понюхав

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Понюхай эти цветы, какой аромат!

    Smell these flowers, what a scent!

  • Собака осторожно понюхала незна­комца.

    The dog cautiously sniffed the stranger.

About this verb#

  • Delimitative perfective with по-, from нюхать. Class 1a -ать with -ай- present-future stem (понюхаю), all stem-stressed on -ню-. The по- marks 'have a (single) sniff' rather than ongoing smelling.

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