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Top 500verb, perfective

поду́мать

[pɐˈdumətʲ]to think, to have a think, to consider, to reflect, to ponder

Frequency rank #213 About 1 in every 2,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
подумать #213

Meaning

  1. to think, to have a think, to consider, to reflect, to ponder
  2. to arrive at a thought, to conclude, to figure
  3. to decide, to think, to arrive at an idea

Examples

Но я поду́мал, что же́нщины постоя́нно меня́ют своё мне́ние.

But then I thought, women change their minds all the time.

Я поду́мал, что бу́дет непло́хо провести́ ве́чер с друзья́ми.

I figured it wouldn't be so bad to spend the night with friends.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • поду́малmasculine, singular, past#592
  • поду́малаfeminine, singular, past#960
  • поду́матьinfinitive#973
  • поду́майimperative, singular, 2nd person#1,475
  • поду́малиplural, past#3,009
  • поду́майтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#3,577
  • поду́маюsingular, 1st person, future#4,553
  • поду́маешьsingular, 2nd person, future#6,355
  • поду́маютplural, 3rd person, future#8,116
  • поду́маетsingular, 3rd person, future#8,393
  • поду́маемplural, 1st person, future#10,957
  • поду́маетеplural, 2nd person, future#26,098
  • поду́мавpast, gerund#27,059
  • поду́мавшийpast, participle

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Words near #213

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