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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

следи́ть

[s⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪˈdʲitʲ]to watch, to follow, to spy

Frequency rank #647 About 1 in every 6,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
следить #647

Meaning

  1. to watch, to follow, to spy
  2. to look after
  3. to keep an eye on

Examples

Следи́ за языко́м!

Watch (your) tongue! (informal)

Related

Forms by frequency

  • следи́тьinfinitive#2,309
  • следи́imperative, singular, 2nd person#3,650
  • следи́лmasculine, singular, past#4,881
  • следи́тsingular, 3rd person, present#5,976
  • следи́теplural, 2nd person, present#6,128
  • следя́тplural, 3rd person, present#6,767
  • слежу́singular, 1st person, present#7,727
  • следи́лиplural, past#7,902
  • следи́шьsingular, 2nd person, present#11,971
  • следи́лаfeminine, singular, past#13,196
  • следи́мplural, 1st person, present#15,429
  • следя́щийpresent, participle
  • следи́вшийpast, participle
  • следя́present, gerund

and 3 more forms

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