Future tense#
Future Tense- яIусилю
- тыyou (sg)усилишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itусилит
- мыweусилим
- выyou (pl)усилите
- ониtheyусилят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheусилил
- онаsheусилила
- оноitусилило
- ониtheyусилили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
усиль
to a group / formal
усильте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastусиливший
- Passive pastусиленный
- Adverbial (past)усилив
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Полиция усилила охрану вокзала.
The police reinforced security at the station.
Нам пришлось усилить давление на партнёра.
We had to increase the pressure on our partner.
About this verb#
- Class 4a -ить with no consonant mutation (л stays after и), fixed stem stress on уси-. The imperfective усиливать carries the same stress, distinguishable only by the iterative -ива- suffix. Common subjects: security, pressure, attention, signals.
Practice
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