Уменка
Perfectiveshagnut

шагнуть

take a step, step forward (once)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
шагатьstep, walk, stride
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
шагать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIшагну
  • тыyou (sg)шагнёшь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itшагнёт
  • мыweшагнём
  • выyou (pl)шагнёте
  • ониtheyшагнут

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheшагнул
  • онаsheшагнула
  • оноitшагнуло
  • ониtheyшагнули

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

шагни

to a group / formal

шагните

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastшагнувший
  • Adverbial (past)шагнув

Examples#

  • Он шагнул вперед и протянул руку.

    He stepped forward and held out his hand.

  • Наука шагнула далеко за последние годы.

    Science has made big strides in recent years.

About this verb#

  • Class 3b semelfactive in -ну- with end-stress (шагну, шагнёшь). The iterative шагать describes ongoing walking; шагнуть isolates a single step. Used metaphorically for breakthroughs: шагнуть вперёд 'make a step forward / progress'.

Practice

Practice the rules behind this verb

Practice

We use privacy-friendly analytics to see how the site is used and make it better. Privacy