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Top 500verb, imperfective

пыта́ться

[pɨˈtat͡sːə]to attempt, to try

Frequency rank #166 About 1 in every 1,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
пытаться #166

Meaning

  1. to attempt, to try
  2. to assay
  3. to seek

Examples

Я пыта́юсь поня́ть.

I'm trying to understand.

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Forms by frequency

  • пыта́лсяmasculine, singular, past#613
  • пыта́юсьsingular, 1st person, present#695
  • пыта́ласьfeminine, singular, past#1,118
  • пыта́етсяsingular, 3rd person, present#1,147
  • пыта́лисьplural, past#1,713
  • пыта́ешьсяsingular, 2nd person, present#1,841
  • пыта́емсяplural, 1st person, present#2,800
  • пыта́ютсяplural, 3rd person, present#2,965
  • пыта́ясьpresent, gerund#3,138
  • пыта́тьсяinfinitive#3,487
  • пыта́етесьplural, 2nd person, present#4,406
  • пыта́йсяimperative, singular, 2nd person#5,695
  • пыта́йтесьimperative, plural, 2nd person#11,792
  • пыта́ющийсяpresent, participle#36,542

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Words near #166

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