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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).

сесть

verb, perfective
Partner сади́ться
very often used word (#270)

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sit down

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В ожида́нии, я сел на скамью́. I sat waiting on a bench.
«Ах, дорогой», - сказа́ла она, «сядь, рассла́бься и закро́й глаза». Oh, darling, she said, "sit down, relax, and close your eyes."
Стари́к сел. The old man sat down.
Он по оши́бке сел не на тот авто́бус. He took the wrong bus by mistake.
Чёрный крольчо́нок вдруг сел и погрустне́л. Suddenly the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.
Том заста́вил Мэри сесть. Tom forced Mary to sit down.
Могу́ я сесть рядом с вами? Can I sit beside you?
Куда мне сесть? Where should I sit?
Где ты сел на э́тот авто́бус? Where did you get on this bus?
Он сел на пе́рвый попавшийся по́езд и попа́л туда вовремя. He caught the first train and got there just in time.