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Perfectivepoobeshchat

пообещать

to promise (something), give a promise

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
обещатьpromise
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
обещать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпообещаю
  • тыyou (sg)пообещаешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпообещает
  • мыweпообещаем
  • выyou (pl)пообещаете
  • ониtheyпообещают

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпообещал
  • онаsheпообещала
  • оноitпообещало
  • ониtheyпообещали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

пообещай

to a group / formal

пообещайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпообещавший
  • Passive pastпообещанный
  • Adverbial (past)пообещав

Used with#

  • + acc + dat

    + acc + dat

Examples#

  • Он пообещал помочь с переездом.

    He promised to help with the move.

  • Пообещай мне, что не опоздаешь.

    Promise me you won't be late.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of обещать, which is itself biaspectual but most often functions as imperfective. Class 1a -ать with fixed suffix stress. The по- prefix here gives a one-time bounded promise reading.

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