знавать
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]знать (znatʹ) + -ва́ть (-vátʹ)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]знава́ть • (znavátʹ) impf
- (colloquial, usually negative) to experience (joy, grief, defeat, rest, etc.) (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of знать (znatʹ)
Usage notes
[edit]This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of знава́ть (class 1a imperfective transitive iterative)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | знава́ть znavátʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | знава́вший znavávšij |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | — | знава́в znaváv, знава́вши znavávši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | — |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | — |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | — |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | — |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | — |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | — |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| — | — | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | знава́л znavál |
знава́ли znaváli |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | знава́ла znavála | |
| neuter (оно́) | знава́ло znaválo | |