Future tense#
Future Tense- яIпризнаю
- тыyou (sg)признаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itпризнает
- мыweпризнаем
- выyou (pl)признаете
- ониtheyпризнают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheпризнал
- онаsheпризнала
- оноitпризнало
- ониtheyпризнали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
признай
to a group / formal
признайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastпризнавший
- Passive pastпризнанный
- Adverbial (past)признав
Used with#
- + Acc + Inst
+ Acc + Inst
Examples#
Он признал свою ошибку.
He acknowledged his mistake.
Суд признал его невиновным.
The court found him not guilty.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from знать with при-. Class 1a -ать with fixed end-stress on -на- in the future (признаю, признаешь, признают). The passive participle признанный has retracted stem stress on the prefix, a common pattern for short, stem-final stressed perfectives. Government: признать что/кого + Inst (recognize as X) or 'admit + что'-clause.
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