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светать

to dawn

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Conjugation of светать

Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Present tense
—
—
I dawn
—
—
you dawn
светает
svetaet
he/she dawns
—
—
we dawn
—
—
you all dawn
—
—
they dawn
Imperfective Imperative mood
-
—
—
dawn
-
-
—
—
dawn
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Imperfective Past tense
—
—
he dawned
—
—
she dawned
светало
svetalo
it dawned
—
—
they dawned
Conditional
He
She
светало бы
svetalo by
It would dawn
They
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles

Examples of светать

Скоро будет светать.

It will be dawn soon.

Скоро начнёт светать, они уже встали.

It's almost dawn, they'll be up already.

Так и стоял, покуда светать стало.

I stood like that until dawn.