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Russian verbs

731 verbs, every form of each one recorded. 579 follow a pattern; 152 have forms of their own. Open one to hear it.

  1. The essential 50The verbs you will say every day. Start here.
  2. #6 стать to become (once); the thing you become takes the ending for turning into Intermediate Perfective verb
  3. #36 ждать to wait, to wait for Beginner Imperfective verb
  4. #37 начать to begin, to start (one time) Beginner Perfective verb
  5. The next most usedIn the order you are likely to meet them.
  6. #59 становиться to become Reflexive verb
  7. #63 происходить to go on, to be happening Fluency Imperfective verb
  8. #74 вернуться to come back, to return (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  9. #79 произойти to happen Perfective verb
  10. #82 начинать to begin, to start Beginner Imperfective verb
  11. #87 пройти to go, to pass (of an evening, an exam, time; once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  12. #88 бывать to happen, to occur, to be from time to time Fluency Imperfective verb
  13. #93 встать to get up, to stand up (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  14. #100 успеть to make it in time, to manage in time (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  15. #122 уходить to leave, to go away (on foot, again and again); to retire, with onto the pension Advanced Imperfective verb
  16. #132 подождать to wait (a while) Beginner Perfective verb
  17. #133 вставать to get up Beginner Imperfective verb
  18. #134 убить to kill Perfective verb
  19. #139 действовать to be valid, to be in force; to act Advanced Imperfective verb
  20. #140 оставаться to stay, to remain Beginner Reflexive verb
  21. #154 появиться to appear Reflexive verb
  22. #157 тянуть to pull, to drag (kept going) Fluency Imperfective verb
  23. #161 собираться to be going to, to intend; to get ready Beginner Reflexive verb
  24. #162 собраться to get ready; to gather Reflexive verb
  25. #168 лететь to fly Imperfective verb
  26. #175 расти to grow, to grow up Advanced Imperfective verb
  27. #176 вырасти to grow up; to go up (prices, once) Advanced Perfective verb
  28. #177 умереть to die Perfective verb
  29. #179 родиться to be born Beginner Reflexive verb
  30. #180 рождаться to be born (again and again, as a rule) Advanced Reflexive verb
  31. #181 встречаться to meet, to date Reflexive verb
  32. #182 встречать to meet, to greet, to welcome Fluency Imperfective verb
  33. #185 терять to lose (keep losing, the ongoing verb) Fluency Imperfective verb
  34. #192 отдыхать to rest, to have a rest Advanced Imperfective verb
  35. #193 отдохнуть to rest, to have a rest Perfective verb
  36. #268 тратить to spend Imperfective verb
  37. #269 потратить to spend (money, time), once Advanced Perfective verb
  38. #279 вспоминать to recall Imperfective verb
  39. #304 праздновать to celebrate Imperfective verb
  40. #305 отмечать to celebrate; to note Imperfective verb
  41. #306 отметить to celebrate; to note Perfective verb
  42. #314 засыпать to fall asleep Imperfective verb
  43. #315 заснуть to fall asleep Perfective verb
  44. #316 просыпаться to wake up (the ongoing verb) Advanced Reflexive verb
  45. #317 проснуться to wake up (one time) Advanced Reflexive verb
  46. #318 будить to wake someone Imperfective verb
  47. #319 разбудить to wake someone up (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  48. #322 торопиться to hurry, to rush Advanced Reflexive verb
  49. #323 спешить to hurry, to rush Advanced Imperfective verb
  50. #324 опаздывать to be late, to be running late Beginner Imperfective verb
  51. #325 опоздать to be late, to miss (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  52. #326 успевать to be in time, to manage (again and again) Advanced Imperfective verb
  53. #327 начинаться to begin, to start (of a thing) Beginner Reflexive verb
  54. #328 начаться to begin Reflexive verb
  55. #329 кончаться to end, to come to an end Beginner Reflexive verb
  56. #330 кончиться to end, to run out (one time) Intermediate Reflexive verb
  57. #331 заканчивать to finish Imperfective verb
  58. #332 закончить to finish (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  59. #333 заканчиваться to come to an end Reflexive verb
  60. #334 закончиться to come to an end Reflexive verb
  61. #335 продолжать to go on, to continue Intermediate Imperfective verb
  62. #336 продолжить to continue Perfective verb
  63. #337 продолжаться to go on, to last Reflexive verb
  64. #355 возвращаться to come back, to return (the ongoing verb) Advanced Reflexive verb
  65. #361 проводить to see out, to see someone off Fluency Perfective verb
  66. #362 провести to spend time; to conduct Perfective verb
  67. #388 развиваться to develop Reflexive verb
  68. #428 пережить to live through, to survive (once) Fluency Perfective verb
  69. #490 открываться to open Reflexive verb
  70. #498 таять to melt, to thaw Imperfective verb
  71. #499 темнеть to get dark Imperfective verb
  72. #500 светать to dawn Imperfective verb
  73. More verbs from the lessons
  74. 501 закрываться to close (of doors, shops) Beginner Reflexive verb
  75. 516 отпраздновать to celebrate (once) Beginner Perfective verb
  76. 520 разводить to draw apart, to raise (a bridge) Intermediate Imperfective verb
  77. 521 ужинать to have dinner, to have supper Intermediate Imperfective verb
  78. 522 развести to draw apart, to raise (a bridge, once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  79. 524 перестать to stop, to cease (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  80. 525 переставать to stop, to cease (again and again, or never) Intermediate Imperfective verb
  81. 529 отменить to cancel (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  82. 535 прожить to live through a stretch of time, start to finish (once) Intermediate Perfective verb
  83. 541 поспать to sleep a while, to get some sleep Intermediate Perfective verb
  84. 544 поужинать to have supper (one time) Intermediate Perfective verb
  85. 545 уснуть to fall asleep (one time) Intermediate Perfective verb
  86. 546 видеться to see each other, to meet up Intermediate Reflexive verb
  87. 553 прийтись to have to; to fall to someone (it will fall to me) Intermediate Reflexive verb
  88. 557 закрывать to close (something), to shut Intermediate Imperfective verb
  89. 586 превратиться to turn into, to become something else (once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  90. 604 продлить to extend, to renew (a contract, a permit, one time) Advanced Perfective verb
  91. 610 освободиться to get free, to become free (of a person or a room, one time) Advanced Reflexive verb
  92. 626 открыться to open (of a shop or a door, once) Advanced Reflexive verb
  93. 633 занять to take (time); to occupy, to borrow (once) Advanced Perfective verb
  94. 635 превращаться to turn into, to become (something else) Advanced Reflexive verb
  95. 639 покачать to rock (a baby) for a while, one time Advanced Perfective verb
  96. 642 крестить to christen, to baptise Advanced Imperfective verb
  97. 651 укачивать to rock (a baby) to sleep Advanced Imperfective verb
  98. 652 пообедать to have lunch (one meal, finished) Advanced Perfective verb
  99. 656 заговорить to start talking, to begin to speak Advanced Perfective verb
  100. 659 гнать to drive fast, to push the pace; in slang, to rush Fluency Imperfective verb
  101. 679 загадывать to make a wish (the ongoing verb) Fluency Imperfective verb
  102. 683 наступать to come, to arrive (of a day or a season; the ongoing verb) Fluency Imperfective verb
  103. 687 встретиться to meet (each other, once) Fluency Reflexive verb
  104. 689 измениться to change (once, of a thing or a person) Fluency Reflexive verb
  105. 695 меняться to change (of a person or a thing, over time) Fluency Reflexive verb
  106. 697 поспешить to hurry (once); in a proverb, if you hurry Fluency Perfective verb
  107. 719 пропустить to miss (an event, a lesson); to let through (once) Fluency Perfective verb
  108. 720 проработать to work for a whole stretch of time, start to finish (once) Fluency Perfective verb
  109. 726 продлевать to renew, to extend (again and again) Fluency Imperfective verb