Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзаслужу
- тыyou (sg)заслужишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзаслужит
- мыweзаслужим
- выyou (pl)заслужите
- ониtheyзаслужат
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзаслужил
- онаsheзаслужила
- оноitзаслужило
- ониtheyзаслужили
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
заслужи
to a group / formal
заслужите
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзаслуживший
- Passive pastзаслуженный
- Adverbial (past)заслужив
Used with#
- + Acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Ты заслужил этот успех.
You earned this success.
Он заслужил уважение коллег.
He earned the respect of his colleagues.
About this verb#
- Prefixed perfective from -служ- ('serve') with за-. Class 4c, shifting c-stress: заслужу (end-stressed 1sg) → заслужишь, заслужит, заслужат (stem-stressed). No mutation needed (ж stem-final). Passive participle заслуженный with stem stress, lexicalized as an adjective meaning 'honored, distinguished' (заслуженный артист 'Honored Artist').
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