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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

петь

verb, imperfective
Partner спеть, пропе́ть
often used word (#750)

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sing

Also: chant, intone

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Вы любите петь? Do you like to sing?
Я могу́ петь э́ту пе́сню, не глядя на текст. I can sing this song without looking at the lyrics.
Слы́шишь, как пти́цы пою́т? Do you hear the birds singing?
Де́вочка поёт и танцу́ет, а потом смеётся надо мной. The girl sings and dances and then laughs at me.
Я никогда не слы́шал, как она поёт. I have never heard her sing.
На вечери́нке мы много пе́ли и танцева́ли. We did a lot of singing and dancing at the party.
Она была́ приглашена петь в хо́ре за грани́цей. She has been invited to sing in a choir in a foreign country.
Я слы́шал, как она пе́ла в свое́й ко́мнате. I heard her singing in her room.
Он пел пе́сню. He sang a song.
Увлече́ние Юми - петь популя́рные пе́сни. Yumi's hobby is singing popular songs.

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Imperative

singular	по́й
plural	по́йте

Past

male	пе́л
female	пе́ла
neuter	пе́ло
plural	пе́ли

Present / Future

	Present	Future
я	пою́	бу́ду петь
ты	поёшь	бу́дешь петь
он/она́/оно́	поёт	бу́дет петь
мы	поём	бу́дем петь
вы	поёте	бу́дете петь
они́	пою́т	бу́дут петь