Уменка
Perfectivepoverit

поверить

believe, trust, take on faith

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
веритьbelieve, trust
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
верить

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIповерю
  • тыyou (sg)поверишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itповерит
  • мыweповерим
  • выyou (pl)поверите
  • ониtheyповерят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheповерил
  • онаsheповерила
  • оноitповерило
  • ониtheyповерили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

поверь

to a group / formal

поверьте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastповеривший
  • Adverbial (past)поверив

Used with#

  • + dat; в + acc

    + dat; в + acc

Examples#

  • Я не поверил его словам.

    I didn't believe his words.

  • Поверь мне на слово.

    Take my word for it.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of верить with prefix по-. Class 4a, fixed stem stress on повер-, no 1sg mutation. The government splits crucially: + dative for 'believe a person or what they say' (поверить мне), but в + accusative for 'believe in (something abstract)' (поверить в чудо).

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