Уменка
Perfectivezavidet

завидеть

catch sight of, spot (from a distance)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
видетьsee
Conjugation
2nd (и-)
Class
Aspect partner
видеть

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#

Imperative

to one person

—

to a group / formal

—

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.

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