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PerfectiveTop 500zamolchat

замолчать

become silent, stop speaking

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
замолкатьto fall silent, grow quiet, stop sounding
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
замолкать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIзамолчу
  • тыyou (sg)замолчишь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itзамолчит
  • мыweзамолчим
  • выyou (pl)замолчите
  • ониtheyзамолчат

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

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheзамолчал
  • онаsheзамолчала
  • оноitзамолчало
  • ониtheyзамолчали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

замолчи

to a group / formal

замолчите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastзамолчавший
  • Adverbial (past)замолчав, замолчавши

Examples#

  • Замолчи хоть на минуту!

    Be quiet for at least a minute!

  • Он замолчал и отошёл в сторону.

    He fell silent and stepped aside.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of молчать with за- prefix (ingressive 'fall silent / shut up'). Inherits молчать's Class 5b 'gotcha' paradigm: -ать infinitive but 2nd-conjugation endings with end-stress (замолчу, замолчишь, замолчат).

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