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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

каса́ться

[kɐˈsat͡sːə]to touch

Frequency rank #963 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
касаться #963

Meaning

  1. to touch
  2. to concern, to have to do with

Examples

Каса́емся ко́нчиком языка́ ве́рхней губы́.

We touch the upper lip with the tip of the tongue. (from "Малыш учится говорить - The baby is learning to speak" by Anna Gerasimova)

Э́то тебя́ не каса́ется.

This doesn't concern you.

Related

  • косну́ться aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • каса́етсяsingular, 3rd person, present#1,239
  • каса́ютсяplural, 3rd person, present#18,234
  • каса́тьсяinfinitive#18,655
  • каса́лосьneuter, singular, past#22,001
  • каса́лсяmasculine, singular, past#31,691
  • каса́лисьplural, past#39,759
  • каса́ласьfeminine, singular, past#46,477
  • каса́ющийсяpresent, participle
  • каса́вшийсяpast, participle
  • каса́ясьpresent, gerund
  • каса́вшисьpast, gerund
  • каса́юсьsingular, 1st person, present
  • каса́ешьсяsingular, 2nd person, present
  • каса́емсяplural, 1st person, present

and 3 more forms

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