Future tense#
Future Tense- яI—
- тыyou (sg)убедишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itубедит
- мыweубедим
- выyou (pl)убедите
- ониtheyубедят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheубедил
- онаsheубедила
- оноitубедило
- ониtheyубедили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
убеди
to a group / formal
убедите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastубедивший
- Passive pastубеждённый
- Adverbial (past)убедив
Used with#
- + Acc в + Prep
+ Acc в + Prep
Examples#
Я убедил его остаться.
I persuaded him to stay.
Трудно убедить скептика.
It's hard to convince a sceptic.
About this verb#
- Famous defective verb with no 1sg form (the regular *убежу / *убежду sound wrong; speakers say я смогу убедить or я докажу). All other forms are regular Class 4b. Past passive participle убеждённый with the expected д → жд mutation, end-stressed on -ённ-. Government: + Acc + в + Prep.
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