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#
Imperativeto one person
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to a group / formal
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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.
Practice
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