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Top 500verb, imperfective

понима́ть

[pənʲɪˈmatʲ]to understand, to comprehend, to see

Frequency rank #111 About 1 in every 920 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
понимать #111

Meaning

  1. to understand, to comprehend, to see
  2. to realize, to appreciate

Examples

Я не понима́ю, что вы говори́те.

I don't understand what you're saying.

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Forms by frequency

  • понима́юsingular, 1st person, present#204
  • понима́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#325
  • понима́етеplural, 2nd person, present#657
  • понима́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,161
  • понима́тьinfinitive#2,459
  • понима́лmasculine, singular, past#4,477
  • понима́ютplural, 3rd person, present#4,565
  • понима́емplural, 1st person, present#4,632
  • понима́лаfeminine, singular, past#7,826
  • понима́лиplural, past#12,356
  • понима́яpresent, gerund#23,389
  • понима́ющийpresent, participle
  • понима́вшийpast, participle
  • понима́емыйpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #111

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