Future tense#
Future Tense- яIстану
- тыyou (sg)станешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itстанет
- мыweстанем
- выyou (pl)станете
- ониtheyстанут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheстал
- онаsheстала
- оноitстало
- ониtheyстали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
стань
to a group / formal
станьте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastставший
- Adverbial (past)став
Used with#
- + instr
+ instrumental
Examples#
Он стал врачом.
He became a doctor.
Станет ли это проблемой?
Will this become a problem?
About this verb#
- Highly frequent perfective, paired aspectually with становиться. Class 15a: infinitive -стать with present-future -стан- (стану, станешь). Stem-stressed throughout. Two key uses: copula 'become' + instrumental, and inchoative auxiliary 'start, begin' + infinitive (стал читать 'he started reading').
Practice
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