Irregular conjugations

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Until yesterday, I wasn't aware of the first person singular conjugations of дать and all the verbs that have that stem. I always thought it was «даю», but to my suprise, it was «дам». I was also suprised by the third person singular conjugation—«даст». Now, I know that Russian has many irregular verbs, but are there any others that are this different?

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[oryx_and_crake]

P.S. Thinking about it again - it looks like what they gave you was specifically future tense forms, as даст is in future, too.

P.P.S. Please note that the verb дать, being a perfective one (which means it denotes an action that was either completed in the past or will be completed in future), does not have a present tense as such. Which is natural when you think of it.

Now, to make it into a resemblance of order

Давать: несовершенный глагол (imperfective verb)

Present:
я даю
ты даешь
он, она дает
мы даем
вы даете
они дают

Past:
я, ты, он давал
она давала
мы, вы, они давали

Future:
я буду давать
ты будешь давать
он, она будет давать
мы будем давать
вы будете давать
они будут давать


Дать: совершенный глагол (perfective verb)

Present: N/A

Past:
Я, ты, он дал
Она дала
Мы, вы, они дали

Future:
Я дам
Ты дашь
Он, она даст
Мы дадим
Вы дадите
Они дадут