Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсэкономлю
- тыyou (sg)сэкономишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсэкономит
- мыweсэкономим
- выyou (pl)сэкономите
- ониtheyсэкономят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсэкономил
- онаsheсэкономила
- оноitсэкономило
- ониtheyсэкономили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
сэкономь
to a group / formal
сэкономьте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсэкономивший
- Passive pastсэкономленный
- Adverbial (past)сэкономив
Used with#
- + acc (на + prep)
+ acc (на + prep)
Examples#
Благодаря скидке я сэкономил пятьсот рублей.
Thanks to the discount, I saved five hundred roubles.
Если поехать на метро, мы сэкономим время.
If we take the metro, we'll save time.
About this verb#
- Class 4a -ить with regular м → мл mutation in 1sg only (сэкономлю); fixed stem stress on -но-. The retained э after the с- prefix is required by orthography ('hard э' at the beginning of the root). The savings can be on something (на + prep).
Practice
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