акать
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Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
а́кать • (ákatʹ) impf (perfective а́кнуть)
- (linguistics) to pronounce an unstressed о like an а (as seen in Central and Southern Russia, considered standard)
- Antonym: о́кать (ókatʹ)
- Москвичи́ а́кают. ― Moskvičí ákajut. ― Muscovites pronounce unstressed o's like a's.
- 1959, Ива́н Ара́милев (Ivan Aramilev), В лесах Урала [In the woods of the Urals]:
- Учи́тель отме́тил, что произноше́ние на́ше ужа́сно, заста́вил а́кать по-моско́вски и петербу́ргски: каро́ва, пашёл, маладо́й, вада́.
- Učítelʹ otmétil, što proiznošénije náše užásno, zastávil ákatʹ po-moskóvski i peterbúrgski: karóva, pašól, maladój, vadá.
- The teacher noted that our pronunciation was horrible and he made us say words in the Moscow and St. Petersburg way: karóva, pašól, maladój, vadá.
Conjugation
Conjugation of а́кать (class 1a imperfective intransitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | а́кать ákatʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | а́кающий ákajuščij |
а́кавший ákavšij |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | а́кая ákaja |
а́кав ákav, а́кавши ákavši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | а́каю ákaju |
бу́ду а́кать búdu ákatʹ |
| 2nd singular (ты) | а́каешь ákaješʹ |
бу́дешь а́кать búdešʹ ákatʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | а́кает ákajet |
бу́дет а́кать búdet ákatʹ |
| 1st plural (мы) | а́каем ákajem |
бу́дем а́кать búdem ákatʹ |
| 2nd plural (вы) | а́каете ákajete |
бу́дете а́кать búdete ákatʹ |
| 3rd plural (они́) | а́кают ákajut |
бу́дут а́кать búdut ákatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| а́кай ákaj |
а́кайте ákajte | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | а́кал ákal |
а́кали ákali |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | а́кала ákala | |
| neuter (оно́) | а́кало ákalo | |
