Уменка
Perfectivepriznat

признать

to acknowledge, admit, recognize

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
признаватьadmit
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
признавать

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#

Imperative

to 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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