russian word
to see, perceive with the eyes in Russian: видеть
verbimperfectivelevel A1#113 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я вижу большую гору. I see a big mountain.
Без очков я плохо вижу. Without glasses I see poorly.
Я давно не видел своих друзей. I haven't seen my friends in a long time.
Мы видим её каждое воскресенье. We see her every Sunday.
What does видеть mean in Russian?
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
Conjugation of видеть
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | вижу | видим |
| ты / вы | видишь | видите |
| он / они | видит | видят |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | видел |
| fem | видела |
| neut | видело |
| plural | видели |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | видь |
| вы | видьте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeвидящий
past activeвидевший
present passiveвидимый
past passiveвиденный
gerund (imperfective)видя
gerund (perfective)видев
gerund (perfective)видевши