Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзавижу
- тыyou (sg)завидишь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзавидит
- мыweзавидим
- выyou (pl)завидите
- ониtheyзавидят
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзавидел
- онаsheзавидела
- оноitзавидело
- ониtheyзавидели
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
—
to a group / formal
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Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзавидевший
- Adverbial (past)завидев
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Завидев нас издали, он замахал рукой.
Spotting us from afar, he waved his hand.
Пёс завидел хозяина и побежал навстречу.
The dog caught sight of its owner and ran toward him.
About this verb#
- Ingressive perfective of видеть: 'to begin to see, to catch sight of' something at a distance. Class 5b like видеть with the 1sg д→ж mutation (завижу). In modern Russian almost exclusively used in the past tense and gerund завидев; imperative forms are not normally used.
Practice
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