russian word
to take off in Russian: снять
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Он снял пальто и повесил его в шкаф. He took off his coat and hung it in the wardrobe.
Сними книги с верхней полки, пожалуйста. Take the books down from the top shelf, please.
Мы сняли небольшую квартиру у моря на месяц. We rented a small apartment by the sea for a month.
Студенты сняли комнату недалеко от университета. The students rented a room not far from the university.
Режиссёр снял свой первый фильм за два месяца. The director shot his first film in two months.
Она сняла закат на телефон и отправила другу. She photographed the sunset on her phone and sent it to a friend.
What does снять mean in Russian?
to take off; to remove something from a surface or from oneself
Он снял пальто и повесил его в шкаф.
He took off his coat and hung it in the wardrobe.
Сними книги с верхней полки, пожалуйста.
Take the books down from the top shelf, please.
to rent; to take accommodation for temporary use
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of снять
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | сниму | снимем |
| ты / вы | снимешь | снимете |
| он / они | снимет | снимут |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | снял |
| fem | сняла |
| neut | сняло / сняло |
| plural | сняли |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | сними |
| вы | снимите |