russian word
to say, to tell in Russian: сказать
verbperfectivelevel A1#42 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Скажи мне правду. Tell me the truth.
Он ничего не сказал и ушёл. He said nothing and left.
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of сказать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | скажу | скажем |
| ты / вы | скажешь | скажете |
| он / они | скажет | скажут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | сказал |
| fem | сказала |
| neut | сказало |
| plural | сказали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | скажи |
| вы | скажите |
Participles and gerunds
past activeсказавший
past passiveсказанный
gerund (perfective)сказав
gerund (perfective)сказавши