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Top 500verb, perfective

спроси́ть

[sprɐˈsʲitʲ]to ask

Frequency rank #315 About 1 in every 3,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
спросить #315

Meaning

  1. to ask
  2. to ask for, to request, to demand
  3. to call to account, to hold accountable, to make answer, to confront, to challenge, to question

Examples

Де́вушка спроси́ла меня́, где здесь авто́бусная остано́вка

The girl asked me where there was a bus stop near here.

Мне на́до спроси́ть у неё о мое́й сестре́.

I have to ask her about my sister.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • спроси́тьinfinitive#743
  • спроси́лmasculine, singular, past#1,577
  • спроси́imperative, singular, 2nd person#2,449
  • спроси́лаfeminine, singular, past#2,802
  • спро́ситеplural, 2nd person, future#3,533
  • спрошу́singular, 1st person, future#3,680
  • спроси́лиplural, past#6,012
  • спро́ситsingular, 3rd person, future#8,348
  • спро́сишьsingular, 2nd person, future#9,226
  • спро́симplural, 1st person, future#11,605
  • спро́сятplural, 3rd person, future#14,104
  • спроси́вpast, gerund#30,601
  • спроси́вшийpast, participle
  • спро́шенныйpast, participle

and 2 more forms

Words near #315

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