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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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Я сел и откры́л свою́ записную кни́жку. I sat down and opened my notebook.
Самолёт сел в То́кио. The jet landed at Tokyo.
Я сел не в тот авто́бус. I took the wrong bus.
Он сел на крова́ть. He sat down on the bed.
Почему бы нам не сесть и не поговори́ть об э́том? Why don't we sit down and talk about it?
Я сел рядом с ним. I sat down next to him.
Куда мне сесть? Where should I sit?
Я сел рядом с ней. I sat down next to her.
Нам бы сесть. We should sit down.
Чёрный крольчо́нок вдруг сел и погрустне́л. Suddenly the little black rabbit sat down, and looked very sad.