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to ask for, to request (perfective)

Stem change · 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

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

Future

попросить: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI will ask for something
тыyou will ask for something
он / она / оноhe/she/it will ask for something
мыwe will ask for something
выyou (plural) will ask for something
ониthey will ask for something

Perfective future

попросить: Perfective future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI will ask for something
тыyou will ask for something
он / она / оноhe/she/it will ask for something
мыwe will ask for something
выyou (plural) will ask for something
ониthey will ask for something

Requests and wishes

Imperative

попросить: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
тыask for something!
выask for something! (plural)

Let us

попросить: Let us
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
мыlet us ask for, to request (perfective)

Conditional

попросить: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
яI would ask for something
тыyou would ask for something
он / она / оноhe/she/it would ask for something
мыwe would ask for something
выyou (plural) would ask for something
ониthey would ask for something

So that / want someone to

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

If … would

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

Additional forms

Infinitive

попросить: Infinitive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formto ask for, to request (perfective)

Past active participle

попросить: Past active participle
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formone who was performing the action: to ask for, to request (perfective)

Prior verbal adverb

попросить: Prior verbal adverb
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formafter performing the action: to ask for, to request (perfective)

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