Future tense#
Future Tense- яIсверкну
- тыyou (sg)сверкнёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itсверкнёт
- мыweсверкнём
- выyou (pl)сверкнёте
- ониtheyсверкнут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheсверкнул
- онаsheсверкнула
- оноitсверкнуло
- ониtheyсверкнули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
сверкни
to a group / formal
сверкните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastсверкнувший
- Adverbial (past)сверкнув
Used with#
- + Inst
+ instrumental
Examples#
Молния сверкнула над городом.
Lightning flashed over the city.
Её глаза сверкнули гневом.
Her eyes flashed with anger.
About this verb#
- Class 3b -нуть semelfactive: exactly one flash, contrasted with the iterative сверкать (keep sparkling). End-stressed future throughout (сверкну, сверкнёшь, сверкнут). Government: + Inst, where the eyes flash *with* a feeling (гневом, радостью).
Practice
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