russian word
to buy, purchase in Russian: купить
verbperfectivelevel A1#580 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я хочу купить новый телефон, но пока не хватает денег. I want to buy a new phone, but for now I don't have enough money.
Мы решили купить билеты заранее, чтобы не стоять в очереди. We decided to buy the tickets in advance so we wouldn't have to stand in line.
What does купить mean in Russian?
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
покупатьto buy, purchaseimperfective
Conjugation of купить
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | куплю | купим |
| ты / вы | купишь | купите |
| он / они | купит | купят |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | купил |
| fem | купила |
| neut | купило |
| plural | купили |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | купи |
| вы | купите |
Participles and gerunds
past activeкупивший
past passiveкупленный
gerund (perfective)купив
gerund (perfective)купивши