russian word
to sit down, take a seat in Russian: сесть
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Сядь рядом со мной, места хватит. Sit down next to me, there is enough room.
Он устал и сел на стул. He was tired and sat down on the chair.
Нам нужно сесть на следующий поезд. We need to get on the next train.
Я сел в автобус и поехал домой. I got on the bus and rode home.
Солнце уже село, и стало темно. The sun has already set, and it got dark.
Мы вернулись домой, прежде чем солнце село за горы. We came home before the sun set behind the mountains.
У меня сел телефон, я не смог тебе позвонить. My phone died, so I could not call you.
Телефон в машине опять сел. The phone in the car has died again.
What does сесть mean in Russian?
to sit down, take a seat
to board, get on (a vehicle)
to set (of the sun)
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of сесть
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | сяду | сядем |
| ты / вы | сядешь | сядете |
| он / они | сядет | сядут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | сел |
| fem | села |
| neut | село |
| plural | сели |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | сядь |
| вы | сядьте |