Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпообедаю
- тыyou (sg)пообедаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпообедает
- мыweпообедаем
- выyou (pl)пообедаете
- ониtheyпообедают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпообедал
- онаsheпообедала
- оноitпообедало
- ониtheyпообедали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
пообедай
to a group / formal
пообедайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпообедавший
- Adverbial (past)пообедав
Examples#
Мы пообедали в маленьком кафе.
We had lunch in a small cafe.
Сначала пообедаем, а потом пойдём гулять.
Let's have lunch first and then go for a walk.
About this verb#
- Standard perfective of обедать with prefix по-. Class 1a, completely regular, fixed stem stress. Note that обедать covers the main midday meal: historically lunch in modern Russia but dinner in earlier 19th-century usage.
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