russian word
to appear, show up, or come into view in Russian: появиться
verbperfectivelevel A2#345 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
На небе появились первые звёзды. The first stars appeared in the sky.
Он появился на встрече на час позже. He showed up at the meeting an hour later.
У нас появилась новая идея для проекта. A new idea for our project emerged.
В городе появилось много новых кафе. Many new cafes have appeared in the city.
What does появиться mean in Russian?
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to appear, show up, or come into view
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
появлятьсяto appear, come into viewimperfective
Conjugation of появиться
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | появлюсь | появимся |
| ты / вы | появишься | появитесь |
| он / они | появится | появятся |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | появился |
| fem | появилась |
| neut | появилось |
| plural | появились |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | появись |
| вы | появитесь |
Participles and gerunds
past activeпоявившийся
gerund (perfective)появившись
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