Future tense#
Future Tense- яIповоюю
- тыyou (sg)повоюешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itповоюет
- мыweповоюем
- выyou (pl)повоюете
- ониtheyповоюют
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheповоевал
- онаsheповоевала
- оноitповоевало
- ониtheyповоевали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
повоюй
to a group / formal
повоюйте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastповоевавший
- Adverbial (past)повоевав
Used with#
- с + instr
с + instrumental (with)
Examples#
Дед повоевал на фронте и вернулся домой.
Grandfather did some fighting at the front and came home.
Мы ещё повоюем за свои права.
We'll fight a bit more for our rights.
About this verb#
- Delimitative perfective of воевать. Class 2a -евать with -ева- → -ю- alternation in the present-future (повоюю). As a по- delimitative it's not a strict aspect partner; it stands alongside the imperfective, marking a bounded fighting episode.
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