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Perfectiveposidet

посидеть

sit (for a while)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
сидетьsit, be perched, be
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
сидеть

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпосижу
  • тыyou (sg)посидишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпосидит
  • мыweпосидим
  • выyou (pl)посидите
  • ониtheyпосидят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпосидел
  • онаsheпосидела
  • оноitпосидело
  • ониtheyпосидели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

посиди

to a group / formal

посидите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпосидевший
  • Adverbial (past)посидев

Examples#

  • Давай посидим немного в парке.

    Let's sit in the park for a bit.

  • Я посидел у бабушки до вечера.

    I stayed at Grandma's place until evening.

About this verb#

  • Delimitative perfective of сидеть; describes sitting for some bounded amount of time. Class 5b with the same end-shifting stress pattern as сидеть and the 1sg д→ж mutation (посижу, but посидишь). Atelic, but perfective.

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