Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзалаю
- тыyou (sg)залаешь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзалает
- мыweзалаем
- выyou (pl)залаете
- ониtheyзалают
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзалаял
- онаsheзалаяла
- оноitзалаяло
- ониtheyзалаяли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
залай
to a group / formal
залайте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзалаявший
- Adverbial (past)залаяв
Used with#
- на + acc
на + accusative (at, onto)
Examples#
Собака залаяла на незнакомца.
The dog started barking at the stranger.
Все собаки во дворе разом залаяли.
All the dogs in the yard started barking at once.
About this verb#
- Inchoative perfective with за- 'start to V', formed from лаять. Class 1a -ять with я kept throughout (залаю, not -аю- as in some я-stem verbs); all stem-stressed on зала-. The target of barking takes на + accusative, paralleling many verbs of aggression/emotion (рассердиться на, обратиться на).
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