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Perfectivezanyat

занять

to occupy, take up

Other meaningsto borrow

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
заниматьto occupy
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
занимать

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#

Imperative

to 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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