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New Russian Word - Петь

Friday, 18 September 2009 13:24


Sing in Russian!New Russian Word for September 18th, 2009

Word for Today: to sing - петь
петь - means to do or make something
perfective form is спеть


Like all verbs петь changes by person in the present tense

Я пою
Вы поёте
Ты поёшь
Мы поём
Он/она/оно поёт
Они поют

Past tense forms change by gender:

пел, пела, пели

Future tense forms:
буду петь (compound), спою (simple formed with perfective form)

Imperative forms:
Пой! Пойте! / Не пой! Не пойте!
(Sing / Don't sing!)
Споём! - Let's sing!
Запевай! - Start singing!

Different forms :
imperfective
perfective translation example

петь

спеть

to sing

Я спел три песни в караоке баре.

I've sung 3 songs at a karaoke bar.

Что вы будете петь?

What are you going to sing?
пропевать пропеть to sing something with a great feeling, solemnly

Я пропел гимн с гордостью.

He sang the hymn with pride.
запевать запеть to start singing, to be the first one to sing

Ну, кто запоёт?

So who is going to sing first?
перепевать перепеть
  1. to sing another author's song
  2. to outsing somebody

Он перепел песню Высотского.

He has redone a Vysotsky song.

Я вас всех перепел.

I have outsung you all.
подпевать подпеть to sing along

Ты будешь подпевать?

Will you sing along?

Ты начинай , а я подпою.

You go ahead & I'll sing along.
спеться to become good friends , to hit it off

Они быстро спелись!

They have hit it off.




 

related words:

певец - singer

певчая птица -  a singing bird

Не машина (работа, обед etc), а песня!  It's not a car it's a song ! (when praising something)

 

Expressions:

спеть на бис  - to repeat a song after an encore

Real life examples :


 


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normski
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written by normski , September 27, 2009
This is an incredibly helpful site. Thanks for all the work you put in. I particularly like the word of the day. But if I may make a comment, I think it would be helpful if you would list the conjugation of verbs in the standard order - that is: singular - first person, second person, third person followed by plural - first person, second person, third person.

Best wishes

Normski
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written by Russian-Plus.com , October 06, 2009
Thank you for your suggestion I'll do that!
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