Уменка
PerfectiveTop 500smoch

смочь

be able, power, might

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
мочьbe able, can
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
мочь

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIсмогу
  • тыyou (sg)сможешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itсможет
  • мыweсможем
  • выyou (pl)сможете
  • ониtheyсмогут

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheсмог
  • онаsheсмогла
  • оноitсмогло
  • ониtheyсмогли

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

смоги

to a group / formal

смогите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastсмогший

Examples#

  • Я смог открыть замак без ключа.

    I was able to open the lock without a key.

  • Ты сможешь приехать на свадьбу?

    Will you be able to come to the wedding?

About this verb#

  • Perfective of мочь with с- prefix. Inherits мочь's Class 8c paradigm with hidden velar stem (смог-): г mutates to ж in 2sg-2pl (сможешь, сможет, сможем, сможете) but is preserved in the я-form (смогу) and 3pl (смогут). Shifting c-stress, mobile past (смог, смогла).

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