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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

нести́

[nʲɪˈsʲtʲi]to bear, to bring, to carry

Frequency rank #982 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
нести #982

Meaning

  1. to bear, to bring, to carry
  2. to carry, to bear, to support
  3. to lay

Examples

нести́ тяжёлые су́мки

to carry heavy bags

Они́ должны́ нести́ отве́тственность за оши́бки.

They need to bear responsibility for the mistakes.

Related

  • понести́ aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • нести́infinitive#4,511
  • несётsingular, 3rd person, present#7,078
  • несёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#8,206
  • несу́singular, 1st person, present#8,497
  • неси́imperative, singular, 2nd person#8,905
  • неси́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#14,554
  • несу́тplural, 3rd person, present#15,148
  • нёсmasculine, singular, past#20,274
  • несётеplural, 2nd person, present#27,180
  • несли́plural, past#30,840
  • несла́feminine, singular, past#31,097
  • несёмplural, 1st person, present#35,292
  • несу́щийpresent, participle
  • нёсшийpast, participle

and 4 more forms

Words near #982

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