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Perfectivezavyazat

завязать

tie up

Other meaningsstrike up (a conversation, friendship); (slang) quit

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
завязыватьtie up, knot, start
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Stress
Shifting
Aspect partner
завязывать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIзавяжу
  • тыyou (sg)завяжешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itзавяжет
  • мыweзавяжем
  • выyou (pl)завяжете
  • ониtheyзавяжут

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheзавязал
  • онаsheзавязала
  • оноitзавязало
  • ониtheyзавязали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

завяжи

to a group / formal

завяжите

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastзавязавший
  • Passive pastзавязанный
  • Adverbial (past)завязав

Used with#

  • + acc

    + accusative (direct object)

Examples#

  • Завяжи шарф потоще, на улице мороз.

    Tie your scarf tighter, it's freezing outside.

  • Они завязали разговор в поезде и подружились.

    They struck up a conversation on the train and became friends.

About this verb#

  • Class 6c -ать with з → ж mutation throughout the present-future (завяжу, завяжешь, ... завяжут). c-stress: end-stress in 1sg, stem-stress from 2sg. Beyond literal tying, productively used for 'striking up' acquaintances/talks, and a colloquial sense 'quit drinking / smoking'.

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