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Top 500verb, perfective

попроси́ть

[pəprɐˈsʲitʲ]to ask for, to request

Frequency rank #413 About 1 in every 4,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
попросить #413

Meaning

  1. to ask for, to request

Examples

Оте́ц попроси́л у до́чери проще́ния.

The father asked his daughter for forgiveness.

Я хоте́л попроси́ть у тебя́ ча́шку са́хара.

I wanted to ask you for a cup of sugar.

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Forms by frequency

  • попроси́лmasculine, singular, past#1,332
  • попроси́тьinfinitive#1,473
  • попроси́лаfeminine, singular, past#2,126
  • попрошу́singular, 1st person, future#3,144
  • попроси́лиplural, past#4,500
  • попроси́imperative, singular, 2nd person#6,194
  • попро́ситеplural, 2nd person, future#8,989
  • попро́сишьsingular, 2nd person, future#11,607
  • попро́ситsingular, 3rd person, future#12,700
  • попро́симplural, 1st person, future#14,810
  • попро́сятplural, 3rd person, future#29,523
  • попроси́вшийpast, participle
  • попро́шенныйpast, participle
  • попроси́вpast, gerund

and 2 more forms

Words near #413

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