Future tense#
Future Tense- яIрискну
- тыyou (sg)рискнёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itрискнёт
- мыweрискнём
- выyou (pl)рискнёте
- ониtheyрискнут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheрискнул
- онаsheрискнула
- оноitрискнуло
- ониtheyрискнули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
рискни
to a group / formal
рискните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastрискнувший
- Adverbial (past)рискнув
Used with#
- + Inst / + inf
+ Inst / + inf
Examples#
Я рискну и попытаюсь.
I'll take a risk and try.
Он рискнул жизнью, чтобы спасти ребёнка.
He risked his life to save the child.
About this verb#
- Perfective semelfactive of рисковать with -ну- ('one act of risking'). Class 3b, with end-stress in the future (рискну, рискнёшь, рискнут). The base рисковать has the -ова- suffix and a different stem structure (Class 2a), so рискнуть is a parallel semelfactive formation. Government: + Inst (what one risks) or + inf.
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