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Top 1,000verb, perfective

сесть

[sʲesʲtʲ]to sit down

Frequency rank #711 About 1 in every 7,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
сесть #711

Meaning

  1. to sit down
  2. to be imprisoned
  3. to become flat, to die

Examples

Я сел на дива́н ря́дом с мои́м дру́гом.

I sat on the couch next to my friend.

Я се́ла бли́же к насто́льной ла́мпе.

I sat near the tabletop lamp.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ся́дьimperative, singular, 2nd person#2,409
  • се́стьinfinitive#2,504
  • се́лmasculine, singular, past#4,575
  • ся́дьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#6,411
  • се́лаfeminine, singular, past#7,112
  • ся́дуsingular, 1st person, future#7,349
  • се́лиplural, past#9,483
  • ся́демplural, 1st person, future#9,697
  • ся́детsingular, 3rd person, future#10,350
  • ся́дешьsingular, 2nd person, future#11,159
  • ся́детеplural, 2nd person, future#26,101
  • се́лоneuter, singular, past#38,221
  • ся́дутplural, 3rd person, future#40,110
  • се́вшийpast, participle

and 2 more forms

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