russian word
to give, hand over in Russian: дать
verbperfectivelevel A1#157 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Дай мне, пожалуйста, эту книгу с верхней полки. Please give me that book from the top shelf.
Бабушка дала внуку немного денег на мороженое. Grandmother gave her grandson a little money for ice cream.
Родители не дали мне поехать на концерт одному. My parents wouldn't let me go to the concert alone.
Дай ребёнку спокойно поесть. Let the child eat in peace.
What does дать mean in Russian?
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to give, hand over (something to someone)
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of дать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | дам | дадим |
| ты / вы | дашь | дадите |
| он / они | даст | дадут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | дал |
| fem | дала |
| neut | дало / дало |
| plural | дали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | дай |
| вы | дайте |
Participles and gerunds
past activeдавший
past passiveданный
gerund (perfective)дав
gerund (perfective)давши