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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

сожале́ть

[səʐɨˈlʲetʲ]to regret, to be sorry

Frequency rank #992 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
сожалеть #992

Meaning

  1. to regret, to be sorry
  2. to pity, to be sorry
  3. to regret, to deplore, to be sorry

Examples

Мы сожале́ем о ва́шей поте́ре.

We're sorry for your loss.

Forms by frequency

  • сожале́юsingular, 1st person, present#1,283
  • сожале́тьinfinitive#11,713
  • сожале́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#17,176
  • сожале́етsingular, 3rd person, present#17,944
  • сожале́емplural, 1st person, present#18,397
  • сожале́лmasculine, singular, past#38,167
  • сожале́етеplural, 2nd person, present#40,827
  • сожале́ющийpresent, participle
  • сожале́вшийpast, participle
  • сожале́яpresent, gerund
  • сожале́вpast, gerund
  • сожале́вшиpast, gerund
  • сожале́ютplural, 3rd person, present
  • сожале́йimperative, singular, 2nd person

and 4 more forms

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