Уменка
Perfectiveposovetovat

посоветовать

advise, recommend, give advice

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
советоватьadvise, counsel
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
советовать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпосоветую
  • тыyou (sg)посоветуешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпосоветует
  • мыweпосоветуем
  • выyou (pl)посоветуете
  • ониtheyпосоветуют

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпосоветовал
  • онаsheпосоветовала
  • оноitпосоветовало
  • ониtheyпосоветовали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

посоветуй

to a group / formal

посоветуйте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпосоветовавший
  • Passive pastпосоветованный
  • Adverbial (past)посоветовав

Used with#

  • + dat

    + dative (recipient)

Examples#

  • Что бы вы посоветовали?

    What would you recommend?

  • Врач посоветовал мне отдохнуть.

    The doctor advised me to rest.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of советовать. Class 2a with the -ова/-у- alternation: infinitive -товать → present-future -тую (посоветую, посоветуешь). Stem-stressed. The advisee goes in the dative; what is advised takes a bare imperfective infinitive or an accusative noun.

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