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взять

verb, perfective

Daily used word (top 200)

  • 1.

    to take

    Example:

    Он аккуратно взял с полки книгу.

    He carefully took a book from the shelf.

  • 2.

    to pick, to borrow

    Example:

    Может быть, вы вот этой колбаски возьмёте попробовать?

    Maybe you could pick this sausage?

  • 3.

    to grab, to get hold of

    Example:

    вы можете быстро взять пиво

    you can quickly grab a beer

  • 4.

    to hire

    Example:

    Его взяли шофёром...

    He was hired as a driver...

  • 5.

    to choose (from)

Info: For some clarification: взять has quite a few meanings, see ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/взять. But they all are kind of a substitute or synonym of 'take'. The most common examples are listed above. Sandy

Fixed expressions

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
возьму́
ты-
возьмёшь
он/она́/оно́-
возьмёт
мы-
возьмём
вы-
возьмёте
они́-
возьму́т
Imperative
ты
возьми́
вы
возьми́те
Past
masculine
взя́л
feminine
взяла́
neuter
взя́ло, взяло́
plural
взя́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

взя́вший

having taken, who took

Passive present

-

Passive past

взя́тый

taken

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

взя́в

взявши

while doing (past)

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Contributions

  • ozymanbey edited translation 1 year ago.
  • ozymanbey edited translation 1 year ago.
  • ozymanbey edited translation 1 year ago.
  • Sandy edited translation 2 years ago.