russian word
to drink in Russian: пить
verbimperfectivelevel A1#551 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я каждое утро пью кофе без сахара. Every morning I drink coffee without sugar.
Летом нужно пить много воды. In summer you need to drink a lot of water.
Он много пьёт и часто опаздывает на работу. He drinks a lot and is often late for work.
Я сегодня на машине, поэтому не пью. I came by car today, so I'm not drinking.
What does пить mean in Russian?
01
to drink (consume liquid)
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
попитьto have a drink, drink for a whileperfective
Conjugation of пить
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | пью | пьём |
| ты / вы | пьёшь | пьёте |
| он / они | пьёт | пьют |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | пил |
| fem | пила |
| neut | пило |
| plural | пили |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | пей |
| вы | пейте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeпьющий
past activeпивший
past passiveпитый
gerund (perfective)пив
gerund (perfective)пивши