Уменка
Perfectiveprozvuchat

прозвучать

ring out, sound, resound

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
звучатьsound, ring, resound
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
звучать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яI—
  • тыyou (sg)—
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпрозвучит
  • мыwe—
  • выyou (pl)—
  • ониtheyпрозвучат

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпрозвучал
  • онаsheпрозвучала
  • оноitпрозвучало
  • ониtheyпрозвучали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

—

to a group / formal

—

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпрозвучавший
  • Adverbial (past)прозвучав

Examples#

  • В зале прозвучали первые аккорды.

    The first chords rang out in the hall.

  • Его слова прозвучали как угроза.

    His words sounded like a threat.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of звучать. Class 5b: sibilant-stem -ать (звуч-) with end-stressed present-future. Only third-person forms are in real use because subjects are sounds, words, music, etc. The figurative 'sound like' is heavily idiomatic in journalism.

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