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Perfectiveposolit

посолить

to salt (food)

Other meaningsto pickle, brine, cure with salt

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
солитьsalt, pickle, corn
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
солить

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпосолю
  • тыyou (sg)посолишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпосолит
  • мыweпосолим
  • выyou (pl)посолите
  • ониtheyпосолят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпосолил
  • онаsheпосолила
  • оноitпосолило
  • ониtheyпосолили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

посоли

to a group / formal

посолите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпосоливший
  • Passive pastпосоленный
  • Adverbial (past)посолив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Посоли суп — он совсем пресный.

    Salt the soup; it's totally bland.

  • Бабушка посолила огурцы на зиму.

    Grandma pickled cucumbers for the winter.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of солить. Class 4c -ить: end-stress in 1sg (посолю) shifts back to the stem from 2sg onward (посолишь). No 1sg mutation. The 'pickle / cure' sense is fully productive in cooking contexts.

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