Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзайму
- тыyou (sg)займёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзаймёт
- мыweзаймём
- выyou (pl)займёте
- ониtheyзаймут
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзанял
- онаsheзаняла
- оноitзаняло
- ониtheyзаняли
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
займи
to a group / formal
займите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзанявший
- Passive pastзанятый
- Adverbial (past)заняв
Used with#
- + Acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Гости заняли все места.
The guests took all the seats.
Я занял у брата десять рублей.
I borrowed ten rubles from my brother.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from suppletive -ня- / -им- (root for 'take') with за-. Class 14b, where the future stem is займ- with end-stress (займу, займёшь, займут). Mobile past stress: занял but заняла (feminine end-stress). Passive participle занятый with stem stress, contrasting with the past gerund заняв. Aspect partner занимать (Class 1a) preserves the -им- imperfective root.
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