- verb стать
- noun стать
стать
- 1.
to become
+ instrumental
- 2.
to begin to, be
with imperfect infinitive
Она стала читать
She started to read
- 3.
to stand
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
Он стал учителем; всем стало скучно.
He became a teacher; everyone was bored.
- 5.
to take to
with imperfect infinitive
Он стал пить
He took to drinking
Examples
- Я слы́шал, ты стал дире́ктором Сиднейского филиа́ла?I heard you have become Branch Manager of Sydney.
- Я стал ста́рше, поэтому я стал смотре́ть на ве́щи по-другому.I got older, and so I started looking at things differently.
- Состяза́ние ста́ло горячим.The competition has become fierce.
- Мы игра́ли в бейсбо́л, пока не ста́ло так темно́, что бы́ло не видно мяч.We played baseball until it was too dark to see the ball any more.
- Я стал ста́рше, поэтому я стал смотре́ть на ве́щи по-другому.I got older, and so I started looking at things differently.
- Рост населе́ния стал в стране́ большо́й пробле́мой.The increase in population has become a serious problem in the country.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | having become, that has become | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | ста́в ставши | while doing (past) |
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