постели́ть
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- 1.
to spread, to lay, to spread out, to put down
Она́ постели́ла на стол но́вую ска́терть.
She spread a new tablecloth on the table.
Perfective; imperfective застилать/стелить.
- 2.
to make (a bed), to make up (a bed)
Я постели́л тебе́ на дива́не.
I made up a bed for you on the sofa.
Often with a dative: постелить кому-то.
Examples
Как посте́лешь, так и вы́спишься.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | постелю́ |
| ты | - | посте́лешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | посте́лет |
| мы | - | посте́лем |
| вы | - | посте́лете |
| они́ | - | посте́лют |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | постели́ |
| вы | постели́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | постели́л |
| feminine | постели́ла |
| neuter | постели́ло |
| plural | постели́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having spread, having laid, having made (a bed) | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | laid, spread, made (of a bed) | |
| Gerund present | постеля́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | постели́в постеливши | while doing (past) |
Word familyстели́тьPRO
- стели́тьto make (a bed); to spread out
- застели́тьto make (a bed)
- постели́тьto spread; to make (a bed)
- стели́тьсяto spread out
- подстели́тьto spread under
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