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DE- verb стать
- noun стать
Translation
- 1.
to become
Info: + instrumental
- 2.
to begin to
Example: Она стала читачть - She started to read
Info: with imperfect infinitive
- 3.
to become
Also: get, grow
Example: Он стал учителем; всем стало скучно. - He became a teacher; everyone was bored.
Info: with instrumental, or impersonal with dative
- 4.
to take to
Example: Он стал пить - He took to drinking
Info: with imperfect infinitive
Examples
- Он стал преда́телем.He turned traitor.
- Я слы́шал, ты стал дире́ктором Сиднейского филиа́ла?I heard you have become Branch Manager of Sydney.
- Ста́ло намного тепле́е.It has become much warmer.
- Боб стал инжене́ром.Bob became an engineer.
- Его кни́га ста́ла предме́том кри́тики.His book became an object of criticism.
- Каки́м бы стал мир без же́нщин?What would the world be like without women?
- Вообще-то, она всегда была́ пло́ской. Когда вдруг она ста́ла тако́й большо́й?She used to be flat-chested - just when did she get so large?
- Если бы я роди́лся заново, я бы стал музыка́нтом.If I were to be born again, I would be a musician.
- Его отста́вка с поста́ премьер-мини́стра ста́ла неожи́данностью.His resignation as Prime Minister came as a surprise.
- Престу́пник стал христиани́ном и начал но́вую жизнь.The criminal became a Christian and turned over a new leaf.
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 | someone who was doing | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | ста́в ставши | while doing (past) |
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Дёвьсынъ edited related words 11 months ago
