сочини́ть

uncommon #5626

verbperfective imperfective is сочиня́ть

1.
to compose, to write
Он сочини́л пе́сню для до́чери.
He composed a song for his daughter.
Of creative works: poems, songs, music.
2.
to make up, to invent, to fabricate, to fib
Она́ сочини́ла целую исто́рию про то, где была́.
She made up a whole story about where she had been.
Often of something untrue.
3.
to write up, to draw up, to draft
Я бы́стро сочини́л письмо́ дире́ктору.
I quickly drafted a letter to the director.
Of a text put together for a purpose: a letter, a report, a speech.

Examples

Она сочинила смешное стихотвореньице для дочки.
She composed a funny little poem for her daughter.
Юноша сочинил серенаду для возлюбленной.
The young man composed a serenade for his beloved.
Он попыта́лся сочини́ть коро́ткую исто́рию.
He tried writing a short story.
Я сочини́л пе́сню о том, что случи́лось здесь в про́шлом году.
I wrote a song about what happened here last year.
Сидзуко сочини́ла стихи о сме́не времён года.
Shizuko composed a poem about the change of the seasons.
Он сочинил смешную частушку про соседа.
He composed a funny chastooshka about the neighbor.
Он сочини́л исто́рию про э́ту соба́ку.
He made up a story about the dog.
Том сочини́л соне́т.
Tom composed a sonnet.

Imperative
ты	сочини́
вы	сочини́те

Active present	-
Active past	сочини́вший	having composed, who composed, having written, who wrote
Passive present	-
Passive past	сочинённый	composed, written
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	сочини́в сочинивши сочиня́	while doing (past)