знавать
Russian
Etymology
знать (znatʹ) + -ва́ть (-vátʹ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [znɐˈvatʲ]
Verb
знава́ть • (znavátʹ) impf
- (colloquial, usually negative) to experience (joy, grief, defeat, rest, etc.) (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of знать (znatʹ)
Usage notes
This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
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 | |