запе́ть

Examples

• На поляне села каменка и запела.

  A wheatear landed in the clearing and began to sing.

• Повеселевшие гости запели старую песню.

  The guests, now in a cheerful mood, began singing an old song.

• Птицы запели ещё до зорьки.

  The birds started singing even before dawn.

• Мать, спеленавшая ребёнка, тихо запела колыбельную.

  The mother who had swaddled the child quietly began singing a lullaby.

• Женщина, пахтающая сливки, запела песню.

  The woman churning cream began singing a song.

• Том запе́л.

  Tom began to sing.

• Он запе́л.

  He began singing.

• Гости, развеселившиеся после танцев, запели песни.

  The guests, who had become merry after dancing, started singing songs.