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Top 500verb, perfective

услы́шать

[ʊsˈɫɨʂətʲ]to hear

Frequency rank #489 About 1 in every 5,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
услышать #489

Meaning

  1. to hear
  2. to smell, to feel

Examples

Я услы́шал како́й-то стра́нный запах.

I smelled something strange. / I felt some strange smell.

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Forms by frequency

  • услы́шатьinfinitive#1,180
  • услы́шалmasculine, singular, past#2,097
  • услы́шалаfeminine, singular, past#3,796
  • услы́шалиplural, past#5,609
  • услы́шитsingular, 3rd person, future#7,177
  • услы́шишьsingular, 2nd person, future#8,135
  • услы́шуsingular, 1st person, future#10,595
  • услы́шитеplural, 2nd person, future#10,735
  • услы́шатplural, 3rd person, future#12,981
  • услы́шавpast, gerund#17,579
  • услы́шимplural, 1st person, future#19,696
  • услы́шьimperative, singular, 2nd person#21,028
  • услы́шьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#49,616
  • услы́шавшийpast, participle

and 3 more forms

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