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Top 500verb, imperfective

проси́ть

[prɐˈsʲitʲ]to ask for, to request

Frequency rank #171 About 1 in every 1,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
просить #171

Meaning

  1. to ask for, to request
  2. to be a beggar
  3. to invite, to call

Examples

Бу́ду продолжа́ть проси́ть у люде́й де́нег.

I'm going to keep asking people for money.

Я не бу́ду проси́ть рабо́ту у него́.

I won't be asking him for a job.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • прошу́singular, 1st person, present#248
  • проси́лmasculine, singular, past#1,261
  • проси́лаfeminine, singular, past#2,106
  • проси́тьinfinitive#2,212
  • про́ситsingular, 3rd person, present#3,263
  • проси́лиplural, past#3,837
  • про́симplural, 1st person, present#4,845
  • про́сишьsingular, 2nd person, present#5,491
  • про́сятplural, 3rd person, present#6,886
  • про́ситеplural, 2nd person, present#7,585
  • проси́imperative, singular, 2nd person#10,531
  • прося́щийpresent, participle
  • проси́вшийpast, participle
  • проси́мыйpresent, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #171

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