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Top 1,000verb, perfective

пойма́ть

[pɐjˈmatʲ]to catch, to take

Frequency rank #570 About 1 in every 6,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
поймать #570

Meaning

  1. to catch, to take

Examples

пойма́ть такси́

to catch a taxi

Related

Forms by frequency

  • пойма́тьinfinitive#2,017
  • пойма́лиplural, past#2,511
  • пойма́лmasculine, singular, past#2,870
  • пойма́ютplural, 3rd person, future#5,782
  • пойма́емplural, 1st person, future#7,748
  • пойма́лаfeminine, singular, past#8,524
  • пойма́юsingular, 1st person, future#8,676
  • пойма́етsingular, 3rd person, future#15,899
  • пойма́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#17,001
  • пойма́ешьsingular, 2nd person, future#20,353
  • пойма́етеplural, 2nd person, future#30,018
  • пойма́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#31,490
  • пойма́вшийpast, participle
  • по́йманныйpast, participle

and 3 more forms

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