Уменка
Perfectiveumenshit

уменьшить

to decrease, reduce, lessen

Other meaningsdiminish (transitive)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
уменьшатьdiminish, decrease, lessen
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
уменьшать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIуменьшу
  • тыyou (sg)уменьшишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itуменьшит
  • мыweуменьшим
  • выyou (pl)уменьшите
  • ониtheyуменьшат

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheуменьшил
  • онаsheуменьшила
  • оноitуменьшило
  • ониtheyуменьшили

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

уменьши

to a group / formal

уменьшите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastуменьшивший
  • Passive pastуменьшенный
  • Adverbial (past)уменьшив

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Правительство уменьшило налоги на малый бизнес.

    The government reduced taxes on small business.

  • Уменьши громкость, пожалуйста.

    Turn down the volume, please.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of уменьшать, the transitive counterpart to уменьшиться. Class 4a -ить with fixed stem stress; no mutation since the stem ends in -ш-. Takes на + accusative for the amount of reduction.

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