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Perfectivepovertet

повертеть

turn around, twirl (for a while)

Other meaningsspin

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
вертетьturn
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
вертеть

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIповерчу
  • тыyou (sg)повертишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itповертит
  • мыweповертим
  • выyou (pl)повертите
  • ониtheyповертят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheповертел
  • онаsheповертела
  • оноitповертело
  • ониtheyповертели

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

поверти

to a group / formal

повертите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastповертевший
  • Passive pastповерченный
  • Adverbial (past)повертев

Used with#

  • + acc (+ instr)

    + acc (+ instr)

Examples#

  • Он повертел в руках книгу и положил её обратно.

    He turned the book over in his hands a few times and put it back.

  • Собака повертела хвостом, радуясь хозяину.

    The dog wagged its tail in delight at its owner.

About this verb#

  • Delimitative perfective with по-, from вертеть. Class 5c -еть with т → ч mutation in 1sg (поверчу) and c-pattern stress: end-stress in 1sg shifting to the stem from 2sg. Idiomatic повертеть в руках 'turn (something) over in one's hands while examining'.

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