Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзащищу
- тыyou (sg)защитишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзащитит
- мыweзащитим
- выyou (pl)защитите
- ониtheyзащитят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзащитил
- онаsheзащитила
- оноitзащитило
- ониtheyзащитили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
защити
to a group / formal
защитите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзащитивший
- Passive pastзащищённый
- Adverbial (past)защитив
Used with#
- + Acc / от + Gen
+ Acc / от + Gen
Examples#
Я защищу тебя от опасности.
I'll protect you from danger.
Они защитили свой дом от воды.
They protected their house from the water.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from -щит ('shield') with за-. Class 4b: end-stress throughout (защищу, защитишь, защитят), with т → щ mutation in the 1sg (защищу). Government: защитить кого от чего. The imperfective защищать generalizes the щ → щ throughout (the so-called 'preserved mutation').
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