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RUSSIAN VERB

плеснуть

to splash, to throw water (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he splashed
  2. она she splashed
  3. оно it splashed
  4. они they splashed

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will splash
  2. ты you will splash
  3. он, она, оно he/she will splash
  4. мы we will splash
  5. вы you all will splash
  6. они they will splash

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would splash
  2. она she would splash
  3. оно it would splash
  4. они they would splash

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты splash!
  2. вы splash! (formal, or all of you)

How to use плеснуть

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Я плеснул холодной воды в лицо и проснулся.

    I splashed cold water on my face and woke up.

  2. Future

    Плесну ещё ковшик, станет жарче.

    I'll throw on another ladleful, it'll get hotter.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы плеснул масла в сковородку, прилипает.

    I'd splash some oil in the pan, it's sticking.

  4. Imperative

    Плесни мне чаю, пожалуйста, полчашки.

    Pour me a drop of tea, please, half a cup.

Good to know

  • Плеснуть is one splash: плеснуть водой в лицо, плеснуть на камни in the banya. Плескать is the imperfective.

Where you hear плеснуть

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Fluency Level 2

  • Плесну ещё на камни. I'll throw some more on the stones.
  • Ты плеснул, и стало жарко. You threw water on, and it got hot.
  • Он плеснёт ещё раз. He'll splash once more.
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The Banya

Fluency Level 2 · Я хотел было выйти, а ты плеснул ещё.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.