Future tense#
Future Tense- яIтолкну
- тыyou (sg)толкнёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itтолкнёт
- мыweтолкнём
- выyou (pl)толкнёте
- ониtheyтолкнут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheтолкнул
- онаsheтолкнула
- оноitтолкнуло
- ониtheyтолкнули
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
толкни
to a group / formal
толкните
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastтолкнувший
- Passive pastтолкнутый
- Adverbial (past)толкнув
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Кто-то толкнул меня в спину.
Someone shoved me in the back.
Любопытство толкнуло его открыть письмо.
Curiosity prompted him to open the letter.
About this verb#
- Semelfactive perfective of толкать: -ну- marks a single instance of pushing. Class 3b with end stress that shifts back to the stem from the 3pl (толкнут) and throughout the past. The participle толкнутый shows the typical retraction to the stem in -ну-derived passives.
Practice
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