⚠️ Mind the stress!
Other words are spelled the same but stressed differently. Don’t confuse them:
- пи́сать (verb) — to pee
- 1.
to write, text
- 2.
to paint
Examples
- Пожалуйста, не пиши́ в э́той библиоте́чной кни́ге.Please do not write in this library book.
- Пожалуйста, не пиши́те в э́той библиоте́чной кни́ге.Please do not write in this library book.
- Письмо́ пишете?Are you writing a letter?
- Я пишу иссле́дование о францу́зской револю́ции.I am writing a study of the French Revolution.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | пишу́ | бу́ду писа́ть |
| ты | пи́шешь | бу́дешь писа́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | пи́шет | бу́дет писа́ть |
| мы | пи́шем | бу́дем писа́ть |
| вы | пи́шете | бу́дете писа́ть |
| они́ | пи́шут | бу́дут писа́ть |
Note: Stress change.
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | пиши́ |
| вы | пиши́те |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | писа́л |
| feminine | писа́ла |
| neuter | писа́ло |
| plural | писа́ли |
Participles
| Active present | writing | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | писа́вший | someone who was doing |
| Passive present | пи́шемый | something which is being done |
| Passive past | пи́санный | something which was being done |
| Gerund present | пиша́ | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | писа́в писа́вши | while doing (past) |
Typical usagePRO
Contacting people & channels
писа́ть кому́-то
to write to someone
писа́ть в ча́те
to write in the chat
писа́ть на электро́нную по́чту
to write by email
Messages & letters
писа́ть письмо́ (кому́-то)
to write a letter (to someone)
писа́ть сообще́ние (кому́-то)
to send a message (to someone)
писа́ть СМС (кому́-то)
to text (send an SMS)
писа́ть коммента́рий
to write a comment
Topics & languages
писа́ть о чём‑то
to write about something
писа́ть про кого́-то/что́-то
to write about someone/something
писа́ть по-ру́сски
to write in Russian
писа́ть по-англи́йски
to write in English
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Word family
- писа́тьto write; to paint
- вписа́тьto write in / enter / fill in; to insert / include; to fit in / integrate; to inscribe; to register someone at an address / officially list (colloquial)
- вы́писатьto write out; order
- дописа́тьto write in addition to something; write to the end
- записа́тьjot down; record; write over something
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писа́ть groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| писа́ть | - | to write; to paint |
| писа́ться | - | to be spelled |
| вписа́ть | в- | to write in / enter / fill in; to insert / include; to fit in / integrate; to inscribe; to register someone at an address / officially list (colloquial) |
| вписа́ться | в- | to fit in with |
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