russian word
to decide in Russian: решить
verbperfectivelevel A1#232 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Она решила жить в другом городе. She decided to live in another city.
Мы решили не ждать и уйти раньше. We decided not to wait and to leave early.
Он быстро решил эту задачу по математике. He quickly solved this math problem.
Вместе мы наконец решили эту проблему. Together we finally solved this problem.
What does решить mean in Russian?
01
to decide; to make up one's mind to do something
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
решатьto decide, make up one's mindimperfective
Conjugation of решить
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | решу | решим |
| ты / вы | решишь | решите |
| он / они | решит | решат |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | решил |
| fem | решила |
| neut | решило |
| plural | решили |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | реши |
| вы | решите |
Participles and gerunds
past activeрешивший
past passiveрешённый
gerund (perfective)решив
gerund (perfective)решивши