Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпоправлю
- тыyou (sg)поправишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпоправит
- мыweпоправим
- выyou (pl)поправите
- ониtheyпоправят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпоправил
- онаsheпоправила
- оноitпоправило
- ониtheyпоправили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
поправь
to a group / formal
поправьте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпоправивший
- Passive pastпоправленный
- Adverbial (past)поправив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Поправь воротник, он перекосился.
Straighten your collar, it's askew.
Редактор поправил несколько фраз в тексте.
The editor corrected a few phrases in the text.
About this verb#
- Perfective of поправлять. Class 4a -ить with the в → вл mutation in the 1sg (поправлю) and in the passive participle. Stem-fixed stress. The по- prefix here often softens the act to a partial / corrective touch rather than a full overhaul.
Practice
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