Future tense#
Future Tense- яIразличу
- тыyou (sg)различишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itразличит
- мыweразличим
- выyou (pl)различите
- ониtheyразличат
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheразличил
- онаsheразличила
- оноitразличило
- ониtheyразличили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
различи
to a group / formal
различите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastразличивший
- Passive pastразличённый
- Adverbial (past)различив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
В темноте трудно различить цвета.
It's hard to make out colours in the dark.
Я не смог различить его голос в шуме.
I couldn't pick out his voice in the noise.
About this verb#
- Perfective of различать. Class 4b -ить with fixed end stress and no consonant mutation (the stem ends in -ч-, which doesn't trigger one). The typical perfective achievement reading: a single successful act of telling X from Y.
Practice
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