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Top 500verb, perfective

поня́ть

[pɐˈnʲætʲ]to understand, to comprehend, to see

Frequency rank #142 About 1 in every 1,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
понять #142

Meaning

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

Examples

По́нял

roger, copy, understood

Related

Forms by frequency

  • по́нялmasculine, singular, past#296
  • поня́тьinfinitive#551
  • поняла́feminine, singular, past#709
  • по́нялиplural, past#1,387
  • пойми́imperative, singular, 2nd person#3,809
  • пойму́singular, 1st person, future#3,939
  • поймёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#4,148
  • поймётsingular, 3rd person, future#5,154
  • пойму́тplural, 3rd person, future#5,968
  • пойми́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#6,957
  • поймётеplural, 2nd person, future#10,099
  • поймёмplural, 1st person, future#20,636
  • поня́вшийpast, participle
  • по́нятыйpast, participle

and 3 more forms

Words near #142

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