Уменка
Perfectivezalayat

залаять

start barking

Other meaningsbark for a while

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
лаятьbark, bay
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
лаять

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#

Imperative

to 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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