Уменка
Perfectivesluchitsya

случиться

happen, occur, come to pass

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
случатьсяhappen, come to pass, come about
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
случаться

Future tense#

Reflexive Verbs
  • яI—
  • тыyou (sg)—
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itслучится
  • мыwe—
  • выyou (pl)—
  • ониtheyслучатся

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheслучился
  • онаsheслучилась
  • оноitслучилось
  • ониtheyслучились

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

—

to a group / formal

—

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastслучившийся
  • Adverbial (past)случившись

Used with#

  • с + instr

    с + instrumental (with)

Examples#

  • Что случилось?

    What happened?

  • С ним случилось несчастье.

    Misfortune befell him.

About this verb#

  • Reflexive perfective of случаться, parallel in use to произойти. Third-person only because subjects are events. Class 4b paradigm but only третьи лица live (случится, случатся). The person affected is in с + instrumental: с ним случилось, literally 'it happened with him'.

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