Future tense#
Future Tense- яIрожу
- тыyou (sg)родишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itродит
- мыweродим
- выyou (pl)родите
- ониtheyродят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheродил
- онаsheродила
- оноitродило
- ониtheyродили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
роди
to a group / formal
родите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastродивший
- Passive pastрождённый
- Adverbial (past)родив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Она родила мальчика в три часа ночи.
She gave birth to a boy at three in the morning.
Его мать родила его в небольшой деревне.
His mother bore him in a small village.
About this verb#
- Biaspectual verb: the same form works as both perfective and imperfective; context disambiguates. Class 4b with д → ж mutation in 1sg (рожу). The colloquial рожать functions as the dedicated imperfective; passive participle рождённый is high-frequency.
Practice
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