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Top 500verb, perfective

стать

[statʲ]to stand

Frequency rank #124 About 1 in every 1,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
стать #124

Meaning

  1. to stand
  2. to begin
  3. to be willing, to be going [with imperfective infinitive ‘to do something’]

Examples

Стань ко мне, а то потеря́ешься.

Stand near me so you don't get lost.

Стань со мно́ю, а то потеря́ешься.

Stand near me so you don't get lost.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ста́тьinfinitive#495
  • ста́лmasculine, singular, past#509
  • ста́нетsingular, 3rd person, future#694
  • ста́лоneuter, singular, past#850
  • ста́лаfeminine, singular, past#898
  • ста́лиplural, past#1,081
  • ста́нуsingular, 1st person, future#1,288
  • ста́нешьsingular, 2nd person, future#2,082
  • ста́нутplural, 3rd person, future#3,714
  • ста́немplural, 1st person, future#4,035
  • ста́нетеplural, 2nd person, future#5,852
  • ста́ньimperative, singular, 2nd person#11,373
  • ста́вpast, gerund#17,546
  • ста́ньтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#29,842

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