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RUSSIAN VERB

сесть

to sit down (once)

  • #116 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use сесть

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

  1. Past

    Мы сели в последний вагон и поехали.

    We got into the last carriage and set off.

  2. Future

    Я сяду у окна, если ты не против.

    I'll sit by the window, if you don't mind.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы сел поближе к сцене.

    I'd sit closer to the stage.

  4. Imperative

    Сядьте, пожалуйста, врач сейчас придёт.

    Please sit down, the doctor will be here soon.

Good to know

  • Сесть is once: сядь! Сесть на поезд is to get on a train; a battery that is flat has сел.

Where you hear сесть

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Сядь, Сэм. Sit down, Sam.
  • Мы ни разу не сели. We didn't sit down once.
  • Сядем здесь. Let's sit here.

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Сядь, Сэм. Sit down, Sam.
  • Мы ни разу не сели. We didn't sit down once.
  • Сядем здесь. Let's sit here.
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Five Hours in the Hermitage

Intermediate Level 1 · ни разу не сели

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Carriage Seven

Intermediate Level 1 · Ну всё, сели. · Сели. Сейчас поедем.

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A Baby in May

Advanced Level 2 · Сэм, сядь.

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For the House

Fluency Level 3 · Сядь. И «нет» мне не бывает.

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