russian word
to know in Russian: знать
verbimperfectivelevel A1#61 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Я не знаю его имени. I don't know his name.
Ты знаешь, который сейчас час? Do you know what time it is?
Я давно знаю этого человека. I have known this person for a long time.
Она хорошо знает наш город. She knows our city well.
What does знать mean in Russian?
01
to know (a fact or information)
Aspect pair
This verb is imperfective: ongoing or repeated action. Its perfective partner, for a completed one-time result, is
Conjugation of знать
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| я / мы | знаю | знаем |
| ты / вы | знаешь | знаете |
| он / они | знает | знают |
| past | |
|---|---|
| masc | знал |
| fem | знала |
| neut | знало |
| plural | знали |
| imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | знай |
| вы | знайте |
Participles and gerunds
present activeзнающий
past activeзнавший
present passiveзнаемый
gerund (imperfective)зная
gerund (imperfective)знаючи
gerund (perfective)знав
gerund (perfective)знавши