Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпосвечу
- тыyou (sg)посветишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпосветит
- мыweпосветим
- выyou (pl)посветите
- ониtheyпосветят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпосветил
- онаsheпосветила
- оноitпосветило
- ониtheyпосветили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
посвети
to a group / formal
посветите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпосветивший
- Adverbial (past)посветив
Used with#
- + dat
+ dative (recipient)
Examples#
Посвети мне, пожалуйста, фонарём.
Please shine the flashlight for me.
Солнце посветило немного и опять скрылось за тучами.
The sun shone briefly and disappeared behind the clouds again.
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective with по-. Class 4c -ить showing т → ч mutation only in the 1sg (посвечу) and stress shifting from the ending in 1sg to the stem in 2sg (the c-pattern). Distinct from посвятить 'dedicate'; be careful with that homograph.
Practice
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