Russian reference

предстоять

to lie ahead, to be due to happen (imperfective)

Irregular · 7 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

Present

предстоять: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноit lies ahead
ониthey lie ahead

Past

предстоять: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноit lay ahead
ониthey lay ahead

Future

предстоять: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноit will lie ahead
ониthey will lie ahead

Imperfective future

предстоять: Imperfective future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноit will lie ahead
ониthey will lie ahead

Requests and wishes

Conditional

предстоять: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноit would lie ahead
ониthey would lie ahead

So that / want someone to

предстоять: So that / want someone to
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноso that it lie ahead
ониso that they lie ahead

If … would

предстоять: If … would
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
он / она / оноif it lie ahead
ониif they lie ahead

Additional forms

Infinitive

предстоять: Infinitive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Formto lie ahead, to be due to happen (imperfective)

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