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есть

[jesʲtʲ]there is, there are, exists/exist

Frequency rank #38 About 1 in every 320 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
есть #38

Meaning

  1. there is, there are, exists/exist
  2. am/is/are located
  3. used to express possession

Examples

Здесь есть кто́-нибудь?

Is anybody here?

Он ел мя́со и сала́т.

He was eating meat and salad.

Related

  • есть also: interjection, yes!, hooray!
  • есть also: verb, to eat

Forms by frequency

  • е́шь#1,994
  • е́л#3,563
  • е́м#3,742
  • е́ст#4,222
  • едя́т#5,424
  • е́ли#5,496
  • е́ла#6,032
  • еди́м#9,961
  • е́шьте#10,590
  • еди́те#12,408
  • едя́щий
  • е́вший
  • едо́мый
  • е́денный

and 10 more forms

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