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  • verb стать
  • noun стать

стать

verb, perfective

Daily used word (top 100)

  • 1.

    to become

    + instrumental

  • 2.

    to begin to, be

    with imperfect infinitive

    Example:

    Она стала читать

    She started to read

  • 3.

    to stand

    Example:

    Ста́ньте в о́чередь, молодо́й челове́к! Вы не до́лго в о́череди же бу́дете стоя́ть, потерпи́те

    Stand in the queue, young man! You won't be standing in the queue for long, have some patience.

  • 4.

    to become, get, grow

    with instrumental, or impersonal with dative

    Example:

    Он стал учителем; всем стало скучно.

    He became a teacher; everyone was bored.

  • 5.

    to take to

    with imperfect infinitive

    Example:

    Он стал пить

    He took to drinking

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
ста́ну
ты-
ста́нешь
он/она́/оно́-
ста́нет
мы-
ста́нем
вы-
ста́нете
они́-
ста́нут
Imperative
ты
ста́нь
вы
ста́ньте
Past
masculine
ста́л
feminine
ста́ла
neuter
ста́ло
plural
ста́ли

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

ста́вший

having become, that has become

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

ста́в

ставши

while doing (past)

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