russian word

remember, recall, keep in mind in Russian: помнить

verbimperfectivelevel A2#269 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

What does помнить mean in Russian?

Я хорошо помню наш первый день в школе.

I clearly remember our first day at school.

Я хочу, чтобы ты помнил, что я всегда буду рядом.

I want you to remember that I will always be by your side.

This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is

запомнитьto memorize, remember, commit to memoryperfective

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

imperative
ты	помни
вы	помните

present activeпомнящий

past activeпомнивший

present passiveпомнимый

past passiveпомненный

gerund (imperfective)помня

gerund (perfective)помнив

gerund (perfective)помнивши