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ImperfectiveTop 500tyanut

тянуть

to pull, draw, haul

Other meaningsdrag; to lay a cable; to draw a wire; to drawl, drag out speak slowly; to drag out, delay, protract, procrastinate; to make someone go, force to go; to weigh; to draw up; attracted to

Aspect pairPerfectiveView
потянутьpull (briefly)
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
потянуть

Present tense#

Conjugation
  • яIтяну
  • тыyou (sg)тянешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itтянет
  • мыweтянем
  • выyou (pl)тянете
  • ониtheyтянут

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIбуду тянуть
  • тыyou (sg)будешь тянуть
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itбудет тянуть
  • мыweбудем тянуть
  • выyou (pl)будете тянуть
  • ониtheyбудут тянуть

Imperfective verbs form the future with the auxiliary бы́ть plus the infinitive.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheтянул
  • онаsheтянула
  • оноitтянуло
  • ониtheyтянули

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

тяни

to a group / formal

тяните

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active presentтянущий
  • Active pastтянувший
  • Passive pastтянутый
  • Adverbial (past)тянув, тянувши

Used with#

  • + Acc

    Тяни канат сильнее!

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Тяни канат сильнее!

    Pull the rope harder!

  • Тянет холодом от окна.

    Cold is coming from the window.

About this verb#

  • Class 3c, a -ну- verb (but the suffix is preserved in present, unlike Class 3 semelfactives) with shifting c-stress: тяну (end-stressed я-form) → тянешь, тянет, тянут (stem-stressed). Multiple prefixed perfectives (потянуть 'pull a muscle / pull a little', вытянуть 'pull out').

With prefixes#

Prefixes

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