Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсяду
- тыyou (sg)сядешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсядет
- мыweсядем
- выyou (pl)сядете
- ониtheyсядут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсел
- онаsheсела
- оноitсело
- ониtheyсели
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
сядь
to a group / formal
сядьте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсевший
- Adverbial (past)сев, севши
Examples#
Садись, пожалуйста.
Have a seat, please.
Мы сели в поезд в Берлине.
We boarded the train in Berlin.
About this verb#
- Class 7a perfective with a suppletive past stem (сел: сел, села, село, сели). The simple future looks like a present but uses a different stem (сяд-): сяду, сядешь, сядут. Aspect partner is the regular reflexive садиться.
With prefixes#
Prefixes- засестьpfsit down, set, stick, stick fast, sit firm, settle, establish oneself, consolidate
- насестьpfpile in, sit down (in large numbers); settle, deposit (dust); descend on, badger, pressure
- обсестьpfsit round, encircle sitting
- осестьpfsettle, sink, subside, accumulate
- пересестьpftake another seat, change places, exchange seats
- подсестьpftake a seat, sit down; to get hooked on
- присестьpfto sit down
Practice
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