Уменка
Perfectivepozvat

позвать

to call (someone to come), summon

Other meaningsto invite

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
зватьcall, call upon
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
звать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпозову
  • тыyou (sg)позовёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпозовёт
  • мыweпозовём
  • выyou (pl)позовёте
  • ониtheyпозовут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпозвал
  • онаsheпозвала
  • оноitпозвало
  • ониtheyпозвали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

позови

to a group / formal

позовите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпозвавший
  • Passive pastпозванный
  • Adverbial (past)позвав

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Позови Анну к телефону.

    Call Anna to the phone.

  • Мы позвали друзей на ужин.

    We invited friends over for dinner.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of звать. Class 7b: present-future stem inserts -о- (позову, позовёшь) with end stress. Past tense feminine shifts stress to the ending (позвала), like the broader брать / звать family.

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