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russian word

to find out, learn in Russian: узнать

verbperfectivelevel B1#447 by frequency

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?

01

to find out, learn (a piece of information)

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.

02

to recognize (someone or something already familiar)

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.

03

to get to know, become acquainted with (a person or place over time)

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.

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.

futuresingularplural
я / мыузнаюузнаем
ты / выузнаешьузнаете
он / ониузнаетузнают
past
mascузнал
femузнала
neutузнало
pluralузнали
imperative
тыузнай
выузнайте

Participles and gerunds

past activeузнавший
past passiveузнанный
gerund (perfective)узнав
gerund (perfective)узнавши