russian word
to listen to in Russian: слушать
verbimperfectivelevel A1#445 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
По вечерам мы слушаем тихую музыку. In the evenings we listen to quiet music.
Дети внимательно слушали бабушкину сказку. The children attentively listened to grandmother's fairy tale.
Слушай родителей, они желают тебе добра. Listen to your parents, they wish you well.
Он никогда не слушает чужих советов. He never listens to other people's advice.
What does слушать mean in Russian?
01
to listen to (sound, music, speech)
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
послушатьto listen (to something) for a while; to give a listenperfective
Conjugation of слушать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | слушаю | слушаем |
| ты / вы | слушаешь | слушаете |
| он / они | слушает | слушают |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | слушал |
| fem | слушала |
| neut | слушало |
| plural | слушали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | слушай |
| вы | слушайте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeслушающий
past activeслушавший
present passiveслушаемый
past passiveслушанный
gerund (imperfective)слушая
gerund (perfective)слушав
gerund (perfective)слушавши