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Top 1,000verb, perfective

заня́ться

[zɐˈnʲat͡sːə]to study, to learn

Frequency rank #584 About 1 in every 6,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
заняться #584

Meaning

  1. to study, to learn
  2. to be occupied with, to engage in

Examples

Он заня́лся ру́сским языко́м

He started to study Russian.

заня́ться спо́ртом

to participate in sports, to go in for sports

Related

Forms by frequency

  • заня́тьсяinfinitive#1,398
  • займу́сьsingular, 1st person, future#2,767
  • займёмсяplural, 1st person, future#5,947
  • займи́сьimperative, singular, 2nd person#6,072
  • занялся́masculine, singular, past#11,093
  • займи́тесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#13,074
  • займётсяsingular, 3rd person, future#16,243
  • заняли́сьplural, past#16,815
  • займёшьсяsingular, 2nd person, future#17,620
  • заняла́сьfeminine, singular, past#18,589
  • займу́тсяplural, 3rd person, future#23,757
  • займётесьplural, 2nd person, future#35,880
  • заня́вшийсяpast, participle
  • заня́вшисьpast, gerund

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Words near #584

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