russian word
take, pick up, grab in Russian: брать
verbimperfectivelevel A1#477 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Каждое утро я беру с собой зонт на всякий случай. Every morning I take an umbrella with me just in case.
Не бери чужие вещи без разрешения. Do not take other people's things without permission.
Он всегда берёт на себя самую трудную работу. He always takes on the hardest work.
Я не хочу брать на себя такую большую ответственность. I do not want to take on such great responsibility.
What does брать mean in Russian?
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take, pick up, grab (in one's hands or possession)
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
Conjugation of брать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | беру | берём |
| ты / вы | берёшь | берёте |
| он / они | берёт | берут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | брал |
| fem | брала |
| neut | брало |
| plural | брали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | бери |
| вы | берите |
Participles and gerunds
present activeберущий
past activeбравший
gerund (imperfective)беря
gerund (perfective)брав
gerund (perfective)бравши