Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпотяну
- тыyou (sg)потянешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпотянет
- мыweпотянем
- выyou (pl)потянете
- ониtheyпотянут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпотянул
- онаsheпотянула
- оноitпотянуло
- ониtheyпотянули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
потяни
to a group / formal
потяните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпотянувший
- Passive pastпотянутый
- Adverbial (past)потянув
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Он потянул меня за рукав.
He tugged me by the sleeve.
Меня потянуло на сон.
I started feeling sleepy.
About this verb#
- Perfective of тянуть with prefix по-, both delimitative ('give a tug') and ingressive ('start pulling'). Class 3b: -нуть suffix retained in present-future (потяну), with stress moving to the stem from 2sg (потянешь). The impersonal construction with accusative experiencer ('меня потянуло на...') means 'I felt drawn to'.
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