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Perfectivesprosit

спросить

ask (a question), enquire

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
спрашиватьask, inquire, demand
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
спрашивать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIспрошу
  • тыyou (sg)спросишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itспросит
  • мыweспросим
  • выyou (pl)спросите
  • ониtheyспросят

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheспросил
  • онаsheспросила
  • оноitспросило
  • ониtheyспросили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

спроси

to a group / formal

спросите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastспросивший
  • Passive pastспрошенный
  • Adverbial (past)спросив

Used with#

  • + acc; у + gen; о + prep

    + acc; у + gen; о + prep

Examples#

  • Я спрошу у учителя.

    I'll ask the teacher.

  • Он спросил меня, откуда я.

    He asked me where I was from.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of спрашивать. Class 4c, with the с→ш 1sg mutation (спрошу) and stress moving to the stem from 2sg on (спросишь). The person being asked goes in у + genitive (спросить у учителя), never the dative, a frequent error for learners coming from German.

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