Questions & Answers about Я запомню это слово.
Why is запомню used instead of помню?
помню is the present‐tense, imperfective form meaning “I remember (right now).” запомню is the first‐person‐singular future of the perfective verb запомнить, so it means “I will remember” or “I will memorize” a specific word in the future.
What’s the difference between the imperfective verb запоминать and the perfective запомнить?
Imperfective запоминать focuses on the process or habitual action (“to be memorizing,” “to memorize repeatedly”) and cannot form a simple future (you’d say я буду запоминать). Perfective запомнить denotes a single, completed action (“to succeed in memorizing”), and you get a simple future like я запомню.
Why is это слово in the accusative case, and how does слово decline?
Это слово is the direct object of the verb запомню, so it takes the accusative case. Neuter singular nouns have the same form for nominative and accusative. Singular declension of слово:
- Nominative/Accusative: слово
- Genitive: слова
- Dative: слову
- Instrumental: словом
- Prepositional: слове
Why is the demonstrative это used here instead of этот, эта or эти?