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Does Russian have a future perfect tense?
I am Russian of birth, but, seeing as how I left the country with a first grade education, I certainly would not have been able to employ a future perfect tense (if there is one). A future perfect in English would sound something like: "By this time next week, I will have served 20 community service hours."
Thanks.
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- Yes, I amLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
There isn't such a thing as Perfect or Imperfect Tenses in Russian, but nearly each verb exist in 2 forms: imperfect (несовершенный вид) и perfect (совершенный вид). These forms are partially resembling to Indefinite and Perfect Tenses in English, but only PARTIALLY, because there is an absolutely different concept of time in Russian language.
Your sentence should be translated as: "К этому времени на следующей неделе я прослужу уже 20 часов на общественной работе".
Pay attention to:
прослужу - is derived from прослужить (perfect), compare it to:
буду служить - is derived from служить (imperfect)
Source(s): native speaker - Anonymous9 years ago
Well, all those perfect, continuous or whatever fancy tenses simply do not exist in Russian, it's very straightforward language from that point of view, it only has past, present and future. You can't say they are all simple though, 'cause it wouldn't make any sense anyway in the realm of Russian.
Source(s): Native
