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Perfectivepotrebovat

потребовать

to demand, require

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
требоватьdemand, need, require
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
требовать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпотребую
  • тыyou (sg)потребуешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпотребует
  • мыweпотребуем
  • выyou (pl)потребуете
  • ониtheyпотребуют

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпотребовал
  • онаsheпотребовала
  • оноitпотребовало
  • ониtheyпотребовали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

потребуй

to a group / formal

потребуйте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпотребовавший
  • Passive pastпотребованный
  • Adverbial (past)потребовав

Used with#

  • + Gen / + Acc / от + Gen

    + Gen / + Acc / от + Gen

Examples#

  • Я потребовал объяснений.

    I demanded an explanation.

  • Шеф потребовал от нас большей продуктивности.

    The boss demanded greater productivity from us.

About this verb#

  • Prefixed perfective of требовать with по- (single complete demand). Class 2a, with -ова- → -у- in the future (потребую, потребуешь). Fixed stem stress (потре- inherited). Government varies: + Acc (concrete thing), + Gen (abstract: explanation, justice), от + Gen (from whom).

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