Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпострою
- тыyou (sg)построишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпостроит
- мыweпостроим
- выyou (pl)построите
- ониtheyпостроят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпостроил
- онаsheпостроила
- оноitпостроило
- ониtheyпостроили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
построй
to a group / formal
постройте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпостроивший
- Passive pastпостроенный
- Adverbial (past)построив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Они построили дом за два года.
They built the house in two years.
Архитектор построит мост над рекой.
The architect will build a bridge across the river.
About this verb#
- Default perfective of строить. Class 4a, fixed stem stress on постро-. No 1sg mutation (stem ends in vowel + й-like glide). The verb is highly polysemous figuratively: 'plan' (построить план), 'line up' (солдат), 'base on' (на чём-то).
Practice
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