Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсогну
- тыyou (sg)согнёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсогнёт
- мыweсогнём
- выyou (pl)согнёте
- ониtheyсогнут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсогнул
- онаsheсогнула
- оноitсогнуло
- ониtheyсогнули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
согни
to a group / formal
согните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсогнувший
- Passive pastсогнутый
- Adverbial (past)согнув
Used with#
- + Acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Согни колени, чтобы лучше прыгать.
Bend your knees so you can jump better.
Он согнул проволоку руками.
He bent the wire with his hands.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from the root -гн- ('bend') with prefix со- (variant of с- before н). Class 3b, a -ну- semelfactive with end-stress in the future (согну, согнёшь, согнут). The past passive participle согнутый is unusually stem-stressed (typical for -нуть verbs with prefix). Aspect partner сгибать (Class 1a) has the older -иба- imperfective stem.
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