Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпоползу
- тыyou (sg)поползёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпоползёт
- мыweпоползём
- выyou (pl)поползёте
- ониtheyпоползут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпополз
- онаsheпоползла
- оноitпоползло
- ониtheyпоползли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
поползи
to a group / formal
поползите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпоползший
- Adverbial (past)поползши
Examples#
Ребёнок пополз к маме через комнату.
The baby crawled toward mum across the room.
По городу поползли слухи.
Rumours started spreading through the town.
About this verb#
- Perfective with inceptive по- ('start crawling / set off crawling') of unidirectional ползти. Class 8 consonant-stem -зти: present-future stem ползу- with end-stress; past masculine drops the з-extension and shows the bare пополз. The figurative 'rumours start spreading' is standard.
Practice
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