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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

уме́ть

[ʊˈmʲetʲ]to be able to; can

Frequency rank #643 About 1 in every 6,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
уметь #643

Meaning

  1. to be able to; can
  2. to know how to

Examples

Вообще́ земля́ благослове́нная. На́до то́лько уме́ть е́ю по́льзоваться. В Сиби́ри уме́ют е́ю по́льзоваться.

In fact it is a blessed land. One need only know how to reap the benefits of it. In Siberia people do know.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • уме́юsingular, 1st person, present#2,188
  • уме́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#2,418
  • уме́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,602
  • уме́ютplural, 3rd person, present#6,881
  • уме́етеplural, 2nd person, present#7,775
  • уме́тьinfinitive#10,095
  • уме́лmasculine, singular, past#10,924
  • уме́лаfeminine, singular, past#20,166
  • уме́емplural, 1st person, present#21,260
  • уме́лоneuter, singular, past#31,826
  • уме́лиplural, past#36,321
  • уме́ющийpresent, participle
  • уме́вшийpast, participle
  • уме́яpresent, gerund

and 5 more forms

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