Future tense#
Future Tense- яIспасу
- тыyou (sg)спасёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itспасёт
- мыweспасём
- выyou (pl)спасёте
- ониtheyспасут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheспас
- онаsheспасла
- оноitспасло
- ониtheyспасли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
спаси
to a group / formal
спасите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastспасший
- Passive pastспасённый
- Adverbial (past)спасши
Used with#
- + Acc
Пожарные спасли ребёнка.
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Пожарные спасли ребёнка.
The firefighters saved the child.
Только чудо спасёт нас сейчас.
Only a miracle will save us now.
About this verb#
- Class 7b perfective with a short stem: end-stress in the future (спасу, спасёшь, спасут) and a consonant-stem past with no masculine -л: спас / спасла / спасло / спасли (the с in спас belongs to the root). Aspect partner is the regular Class 1a спасать.
Practice
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