russian word
to find out, learn in Russian: узнать
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я только вчера узнал, что они переехали. I only found out yesterday that they had moved.
Позвони в больницу и узнай, когда можно прийти. Call the hospital and find out when you can come.
Я не сразу узнал тебя в новом пальто. I didn't recognize you right away in your new coat.
Он узнал её голос по телефону. He recognized her voice on the phone.
За год работы я хорошо узнал своих коллег. Over a year of working, I got to know my colleagues well.
Чтобы узнать город, нужно просто гулять по нему пешком. To get to know a city, you just have to walk around it on foot.
What does узнать mean in Russian?
to find out, learn (a piece of information)
to recognize (someone or something already familiar)
Aspect pair
This verb is perfective: a completed one-time result. Its imperfective partner, for ongoing or repeated action, is
Conjugation of узнать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| future | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | узнаю | узнаем |
| ты / вы | узнаешь | узнаете |
| он / они | узнает | узнают |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | узнал |
| fem | узнала |
| neut | узнало |
| plural | узнали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | узнай |
| вы | узнайте |