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Top 500verb, imperfective

име́ть

[ɪˈmʲetʲ]to have, to possess

Frequency rank #133 About 1 in every 1,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
иметь #133

Meaning

  1. to have, to possess
  2. to fuck, to have
  3. to have to; to be obliged

Examples

Я хочу́ име́ть друзе́й.

I want to have friends.

име́ть кого́-то

to fuck someone

Forms by frequency

  • име́юsingular, 1st person, present#404
  • име́етsingular, 3rd person, present#529
  • име́тьinfinitive#815
  • име́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#864
  • име́лmasculine, singular, past#1,089
  • име́етеplural, 2nd person, present#1,530
  • име́лаfeminine, singular, past#2,031
  • име́ютplural, 3rd person, present#2,318
  • име́емplural, 1st person, present#2,590
  • име́лиplural, past#4,046
  • име́яpresent, gerund#7,934
  • име́лоneuter, singular, past#9,018
  • име́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#12,805
  • име́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#17,343

and 4 more forms

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