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RUSSIAN VERB

стать

to become (once); the thing you become takes the ending for turning into

  • #6 most used
  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use стать

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

  1. Past

    Мой брат стал хорошим врачом.

    My brother became a good doctor.

  2. Future

    Скоро станет тепло, и мы поедем на дачу.

    Soon it'll get warm and we'll go to the dacha.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы стал музыкантом, если бы не родители.

    I'd have become a musician if it weren't for my parents.

  4. Imperative

    Стань в очередь, как все.

    Get in the queue like everyone else.

Good to know

  • What you become is in the instrumental: стать врачом, стать другом. Стало холодно: it turned cold.

Where you hear стать

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

Russian · Intermediate Level 1

  • Я стану врачом? Нет. Will I become a doctor? No.
  • Я стала врачом. I became a doctor.
  • Ты станешь настоящим русским. You'll become a real Russian.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Я стану врачом? Нет. Will I become a doctor? No.
  • Я стала врачом. I became a doctor.
  • Ты станешь настоящим русским. You'll become a real Russian.
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Why a Doctor

Intermediate Level 1 · стала врачом · Почему ты стала врачом?

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From the Beginning

Intermediate Level 1 · стал настройщиком · Потом я стал настройщиком.

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One Microphone

Intermediate Level 1 · Она стала известной?

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Which Surname, Which Date

Advanced Level 1 · Она станет моей женой. · Половина двенадцатого. Станете мужем и женой.

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As a Tuner, Since Twenty Eighteen

Advanced Level 1 · Я хочу стать учителем.

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A Girl

Advanced Level 2 · Я стала врачом. · Она станет, кем захочет.

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You Should Have Said

Advanced Level 2 · стало хуже · Вы настроили рояль, а стало хуже.

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A Year's Lease

Advanced Level 2 · Вы стали москвичом. Шестьдесят семь и вывеска.

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Maria in Church, Masha at Home

Advanced Level 3 · Ну вот, я стала крёстной. · Я стал дядей ещё в мае.

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For the House

Fluency Level 3 · За этот дом. Он стал моим. За вас!

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.