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Perfectiveprodiktovat

продиктовать

to dictate (a letter, terms)

Other meaningsto dictate to someone what to do

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
диктоватьdictate
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
диктовать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпродиктую
  • тыyou (sg)продиктуешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпродиктует
  • мыweпродиктуем
  • выyou (pl)продиктуете
  • ониtheyпродиктуют

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпродиктовал
  • онаsheпродиктовала
  • оноitпродиктовало
  • ониtheyпродиктовали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

продиктуй

to a group / formal

продиктуйте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпродиктовавший
  • Passive pastпродиктованный
  • Adverbial (past)продиктовав

Used with#

  • + acc + dat

    + acc + dat

Examples#

  • Учитель продиктовал диктант медленно и чётко.

    The teacher dictated the text slowly and clearly.

  • Продиктуй мне свой номер телефона.

    Dictate your phone number to me.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of диктовать with про-. Class 2a: the -ова- suffix collapses to -у- in the present-future (продиктую), with end-stressed -у- and stem-stressed forms otherwise. The про- prefix here denotes completing the action throughout, dictating something all the way through.

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