Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсовру
- тыyou (sg)соврёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсоврёт
- мыweсоврём
- выyou (pl)соврёте
- ониtheyсоврут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсоврал
- онаsheсоврала
- оноitсоврало
- ониtheyсоврали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
соври
to a group / formal
соврите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсовравший
- Adverbial (past)соврав
Used with#
- + Dat
+ dative (recipient)
Examples#
Прости, я тебе соврал.
Sorry, I lied to you.
Он соврёт и не покраснеет.
He'd lie without blushing.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective of врать with с-. Class 6b, end-stress in the future (совру, соврёшь, соврут), inherited from the base. Mobile past stress: соврал but соврала (feminine end-stress). Government: + Dat ('lie to someone'). Colloquial register; лгать and the perfective солгать belong to a higher register.
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