Future tense#
Future Tense- яIзажую
- тыyou (sg)зажуёшь
- он / она / оноhe / she / itзажуёт
- мыweзажуём
- выyou (pl)зажуёте
- ониtheyзажуют
Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.
Past tense#
Past Tense- онheзажевал
- онаsheзажевала
- оноitзажевало
- ониtheyзажевали
Imperative#
Imperativeto one person
зажуй
to a group / formal
зажуйте
Participles & verbal adverbs#
Participles- Active pastзажевавший
- Passive pastзажёванный
- Adverbial (past)зажевав
Used with#
- + acc
+ accusative (direct object)
Examples#
Принтер опять зажевал бумагу.
The printer jammed the paper again.
Он зажевал горькую таблетку конфетой.
He chewed down the bitter pill with a sweet.
About this verb#
- Class 6b -евать with the standard ев → у alternation in the present-future (зажую, зажуёшь), all end-stressed there. Past keeps the -ева- and shifts to stem stress (зажевал). The 'paper jam' sense is the most common modern usage.
Practice
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