Russian reference

пожалеть

to feel sorry for; to regret; to spare (perfective)

Regular · 8 form tables

Includes aspect specific future forms, requests and conditional constructions. Stress marks are retained. Participles and verbal adverbs appear separately; a missing form is not supplied by this reference.

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Indicative

Past

пожалеть: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI felt sorry for someone; I have felt sorry for someone
тыyou felt sorry for someone; you have felt sorry for someone
он / она / оноhe/she/it felt sorry for someone; he/she/it has felt sorry for someone
мыwe felt sorry for someone; we have felt sorry for someone
выyou (plural) felt sorry for someone; you (plural) have felt sorry for someone
ониthey felt sorry for someone; they have felt sorry for someone

Future

пожалеть: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI will feel sorry for someone
тыyou will feel sorry for someone
он / она / оноhe/she/it will feel sorry for someone
мыwe will feel sorry for someone
выyou (plural) will feel sorry for someone
ониthey will feel sorry for someone

Perfective future

пожалеть: Perfective future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI will feel sorry for someone
тыyou will feel sorry for someone
он / она / оноhe/she/it will feel sorry for someone
мыwe will feel sorry for someone
выyou (plural) will feel sorry for someone
ониthey will feel sorry for someone

Requests and wishes

Imperative

пожалеть: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
тыfeel sorry for someone!
выfeel sorry for someone! (plural)

Let us

пожалеть: Let us
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
мыlet us feel sorry for; to regret; to spare (perfective)

Conditional

пожалеть: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI would feel sorry for someone
тыyou would feel sorry for someone
он / она / оноhe/she/it would feel sorry for someone
мыwe would feel sorry for someone
выyou (plural) would feel sorry for someone
ониthey would feel sorry for someone

So that / want someone to

пожалеть: So that / want someone to
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яso that I feel sorry for someone
тыso that you feel sorry for someone
он / она / оноso that he/she/it feel sorry for someone
мыso that we feel sorry for someone
выso that you (plural) feel sorry for someone
ониso that they feel sorry for someone

If … would

пожалеть: If … would
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яif I feel sorry for someone
тыif you feel sorry for someone
он / она / оноif he/she/it feel sorry for someone
мыif we feel sorry for someone
выif you (plural) feel sorry for someone
ониif they feel sorry for someone

Additional forms

Infinitive

пожалеть: Infinitive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formto feel sorry for; to regret; to spare (perfective)

Past active participle

пожалеть: Past active participle
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formone who was performing the action: to feel sorry for; to regret; to spare (perfective)

Prior verbal adverb

пожалеть: Prior verbal adverb
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formafter performing the action: to feel sorry for; to regret; to spare (perfective)

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