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RUSSIAN VERB

занять

to take (time); to occupy, to borrow (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

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

How to use занять

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

  1. Past

    Дорога до деревни заняла четыре часа.

    The drive to the village took four hours.

  2. Future

    Я займу тебе место у окна.

    I'll save you a seat by the window.

  3. Conditional

    Я бы занял денег у брата, а не в банке.

    I'd borrow money from my brother, not the bank.

  4. Imperative

    Займи очередь, а я возьму талон.

    Hold our place in the queue, and I'll get a ticket.

Good to know

  • Занять is to take time or space: это займёт час; занять деньги у кого-то is to borrow; занять место is to save a seat. Занимать is the imperfective.

Where you hear занять

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

Russian · Advanced Level 2

  • Настройка займёт два часа. The tuning will take two hours.
  • Дорога заняла весь день. The journey took the whole day.
  • Это займёт пять минут, не больше. It will take five minutes, no more.

Russian · Advanced Level 3

  • Настройка займёт два часа. The tuning will take two hours.
  • Дорога заняла весь день. The journey took the whole day.
  • Это займёт пять минут, не больше. It will take five minutes, no more.
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Advanced Level 2 · Сколько займёт ремонт?

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One and a Half Times

Advanced Level 2 · Это займёт полтора часа.

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Within Two Working Days

Advanced Level 3 · Сколько это займёт?

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.