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russian word

put, place, set in Russian: поставить

verbperfectivelevel A2#391 by frequency

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

Поставь чашки на стол, гости уже идут. Put the cups on the table, the guests are already coming.

Я поставил велосипед у стены и зашёл в дом. I stood the bicycle against the wall and went into the house.

Учитель поставил мне пятёрку за сочинение. The teacher gave me top marks for my essay.

Руководитель поставил перед нами трудную задачу. The manager set us a difficult task.

What does поставить mean in Russian?

01

put, place, set (something somewhere, usually upright)

Поставь чашки на стол, гости уже идут.

Put the cups on the table, the guests are already coming.

Я поставил велосипед у стены и зашёл в дом.

I stood the bicycle against the wall and went into the house.

02

set, assign, give (a task, a grade, a goal)

Учитель поставил мне пятёрку за сочинение.

The teacher gave me top marks for my essay.

Руководитель поставил перед нами трудную задачу.

The manager set us a difficult task.

Aspect pair

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

Conjugation of поставить

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

futuresingularplural
я / мыпоставлюпоставим
ты / выпоставишьпоставите
он / онипоставитпоставят
past
mascпоставил
femпоставила
neutпоставило
pluralпоставили
imperative
тыпоставь
выпоставьте

Participles and gerunds

past activeпоставивший
past passiveпоставленный
gerund (perfective)поставив
gerund (perfective)поставивши