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- Verb стать
- Noun стать
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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).
Verb basics
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Translation
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begin to do sth
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become
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Usage Info
Examples
- Смерть короля́ ста́ла причи́ной войны. The death of the king brought about a war.
- Когда похолодало, ему ста́ло ещё ху́же. As the weather became colder, he went from bad to worse.
- Я очень удивлён, что он стал чле́ном парла́мента. I am very surprised that she became a Diet member.
- Во что бы то ни ста́ло заскочи́ посмотре́ть на нас. By all means stop in to see us.
- Его отста́вка с поста́ премьер-мини́стра ста́ла неожи́данностью. His resignation as Prime Minister came as a surprise.
- Я стал ста́рше, поэтому я стал смотре́ть на ве́щи по-другому. I got older, and so I started looking at things differently.
- Что с ним ста́ло с тех пор? What has become of him since then?
- Что ста́нет с детьми́ после его сме́рти? What will become of the children after his death?
- Во что бы то ни ста́ло я хочу́ жить в Америке. At all costs, I want to live in America.
- Пока я ждал авто́бус, я стал свиде́телем дорожно-транспортного происше́ствия. While I was waiting for the bus, I saw a traffic accident.
Imperative
| singular | ста́нь |
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| plural | ста́ньте |
Past
| male | ста́л |
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| female | ста́ла |
| neuter | ста́ло |
| plural | ста́ли |
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
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| я | - | ста́ну |
| ты | - | ста́нешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | ста́нет |
| мы | - | ста́нем |
| вы | - | ста́нете |
| они́ | - | ста́нут |
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ClementF edited translation 1 month ago
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Michel edited translation 3 years ago
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dkh5 edited translation 3 years ago
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Info: Everyone can edit and improve this dictionary. You are editing this word now. Don't worry, all changes will be checked by admins later. Thank you for contributing! For feedback, bugs etc please write us to michel@openrussian.org
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).
very often used word (#51)
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Translation
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figure
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character
Also: type
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points of a horse
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need
Also: necessity
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Usage Info
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- С како́й ста́ти обвиня́ть Тома? Why blame Tom?
- С како́й ста́ти мне ей помога́ть? Why would I help her?
- С како́й ста́ти тебе меня подозрева́ть? Why should you suspect me?
- С како́й ста́ти мне ему помога́ть? Why would I help him?
- С како́й ста́ти мне им помога́ть? Why would I help them?
- С како́й ста́ти бы мне быть его другом? Why would I be friends with him?
Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nom. nominative | ста́ть | ста́ти |
| gen. genitive | ста́ти | ста́тей |
| dat. dative | ста́ти | ста́тям |
| acc. accusative | ста́ть | ста́ти |
| inst. instrumental | ста́тью | ста́тями |
| prep. prepositional | ста́ти | ста́тях |
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