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RUSSIAN VERB

присесть

to sit down for a moment (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he sat down for a moment
  2. она she sat down for a moment
  3. оно it sat down for a moment
  4. они they sat down for a moment

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will sit down for a moment
  2. ты you will sit down for a moment
  3. он, она, оно he/she will sit down for a moment
  4. мы we will sit down for a moment
  5. вы you all will sit down for a moment
  6. они they will sit down for a moment

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would sit down for a moment
  2. она she would sit down for a moment
  3. оно it would sit down for a moment
  4. они they would sit down for a moment

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты sit down for a moment!
  2. вы sit down for a moment! (formal, or all of you)

How to use присесть

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Перед отъездом мы присели на дорожку.

    Before leaving we sat down a moment for the road.

  2. Future

    Я присяду на минутку, ноги устали.

    I'll sit down for a minute, my feet are tired.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы присела, но все места заняты.

    I'd sit down, but all the seats are taken.

  4. Imperative

    Присядьте, пожалуйста, вас сейчас позовут.

    Please take a seat, they'll call you in a moment.

Good to know

  • Присесть is to sit for a moment: присядьте, пожалуйста. Присесть на дорожку is the custom of sitting a moment before a journey. Its table is the table of сесть: присяду, присядь.

Where you hear присесть

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Присядь, Сэм. Sit down a moment, Sam.
  • Мы присели на дорожку. We sat down a moment before the road.
  • Сейчас присядем, потом поедем. We'll sit a moment now, then we'll go.
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Before the Road

Intermediate Level 3 · Присядем на дорожку. Все.

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