russian word
put, place, set in Russian: поставить
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?
put, place, set (something somewhere, usually upright)
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.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | поставлю | поставим |
| ты / вы | поставишь | поставите |
| он / они | поставит | поставят |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | поставил |
| fem | поставила |
| neut | поставило |
| plural | поставили |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | поставь |
| вы | поставьте |
Participles and gerunds
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