Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсгорю
- тыyou (sg)сгоришь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсгорит
- мыweсгорим
- выyou (pl)сгорите
- ониtheyсгорят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсгорел
- онаsheсгорела
- оноitсгорело
- ониtheyсгорели
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
сгори
to a group / formal
сгорите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсгоревший
- Adverbial (past)сгорев, сгоревши
Examples#
Дом сгорел дотла за час.
The house burned to the ground in an hour.
Я сгорел на солнце вчера.
I got sunburned yesterday.
About this verb#
- Perfective Class 5b 'gotcha': an -еть infinitive but 2nd conjugation with end-stress: сгорю, сгоришь, сгорят. Aspect partner is гореть; the с- prefix marks completion ('burn down').
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