Уменка
Perfectivepovernut

повернуть

to turn, rotate

Other meaningsto turn (a corner, in a direction)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
поворачиватьturn, swing, change
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIповерну
  • тыyou (sg)повернёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itповернёт
  • мыweповернём
  • выyou (pl)повернёте
  • ониtheyповернут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheповернул
  • онаsheповернула
  • оноitповернуло
  • ониtheyповернули

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

поверни

to a group / formal

поверните

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastповернувший
  • Passive pastповёрнутый
  • Adverbial (past)повернув

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • На следующем перекрёстке поверни налево.

    Turn left at the next intersection.

  • Он повернул ключ в замке.

    He turned the key in the lock.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of поворачивать. Class 3b -нуть with end stress in the present-future ending (повернёшь), pulled back to the stem in the 1sg / 3pl and throughout the past. The participle повёрнутый shows the stress retraction onto the prefix-syllable typical of -ну-passives.

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