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Top 100verb, imperfective

знать

[znatʲ]to know: to be familiar with or accustomed to a person, place, or thing

Frequency rank #22 About 1 in every 150 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
знать #22

Meaning

  1. to know: to be familiar with or accustomed to a person, place, or thing
  2. to know: to be in possession of a specific fact or datum

Examples

Ты зна́ешь, где он?

Do you know where he is?

Я её хорошо́ зна́ю.

I know her well.

Related

  • узна́ть aspect partner
  • знать also: noun, nobility, noble people
  • знать also: adverb, it seems, then

Forms by frequency

  • зна́юsingular, 1st person, present#45
  • зна́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#80
  • зна́етеplural, 2nd person, present#174
  • зна́тьinfinitive#214
  • зна́лmasculine, singular, past#255
  • зна́етsingular, 3rd person, present#256
  • зна́емplural, 1st person, present#400
  • зна́лаfeminine, singular, past#418
  • зна́лиplural, past#697
  • зна́ютplural, 3rd person, present#768
  • зна́яpresent, gerund#2,743
  • зна́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#4,838
  • зна́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#11,161
  • зна́ющийpresent, participle#41,199

and 6 more forms

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