Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпосплю
- тыyou (sg)поспишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпоспит
- мыweпоспим
- выyou (pl)поспите
- ониtheyпоспят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпоспал
- онаsheпоспала
- оноitпоспало
- ониtheyпоспали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
поспи
to a group / formal
поспите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпоспавший
- Adverbial (past)поспав
Examples#
Поспи хотя бы пару часов.
Get at least a couple of hours of sleep.
После обеда он немного поспал.
After lunch he had a short nap.
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective of спать with по-. Class 5b like спать, with the inserted -л- in the 1sg (посплю), a hallmark of -п-/-в-/-м-/-ф-/-б- stem verbs in this class. Past tense follows the спать pattern: feminine end-stress (поспала), all other forms stem-stressed.
Practice
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