Most Common Russian Verbs

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To Say

быть

To be

начинать

To begin (imperfective)

помочь/помогать

To help (imperfective/perfective)

предложить

To offer; to suggest (perfective)

казаться

To seem, to appear (imperfective)

есть

is; to eat (imperfective)

согласиться

to agree, consent

ответить

to answer (perfective)

появиться

to appear, show up

оказаться

to appear, to find oneself (perfective)

подойти

to approach; to walk up (over) to (perfective)

просить

to ask

спрашивать

to ask (about); to inquire

спросить

to ask (perfective)

попросить

to ask, to request (perfective)

мочь

to be able

бояться

to be afraid (imperfective)

находиться

to be found, turn up

успеть

to be in time, be successful

нравиться

to be pleasing (to someone)

стать

to become, begin, come

начаться

to begin (perfective)

верить

to believe

поверить

to believe (perfective)

называть

to call, to name (places and things only) (perfective)

носить

to carry, to wear

прийти

to come; to arrive (perfective)

считать

to consider; to count (perfective)

продолжать

to continue

умереть

to die (perfect)

делать

to do; to make (imperfective)

сделать

to do; to make (perfective)

пить/выпить

to drink

войти

to enter, come in (perfective)

почувствовать

to feel, sense (pf of чувствовать)

найти

to find (perfective)

забыть

to forget

дать

to give (perfective)

бросить

to give up, to abandon, leave (perfective)

давать

to give, let, allow (imperfective)

пойти

to go

пройти

to go (a certain distance)

идти

to go (by foot)

ехать

to go (by vehicle)

выйти

to go out, come out, appear

выходить

to go out; nurse

бывать

to happen; to occur; to visit (imperfective)

иметь

to have (imperfective)

слышать

to hear (imperfective)

услышать

to hear (perfective)

держать

to hold, keep

убить

to kill, destroy

знать

to know

уметь

to know how (to do something)

лежать

to lay (imperfective)

вести

to lead

узнать

to learn (perfective)

уйти

to leave (perfective)

уходить

to leave (to go away) (imperfective)

поднять

to lift up (perfective)

слушать

to listen (imperfective)

жить

to live (imperfective)

глядеть

to look (at)

любить

to love (imperfective)

значить

to mean (imperfective)

двигаться

to move

заметить

to notice (perfective)

открыть

to open (perfective)

поставить

to put, place, set

читать

to read (imperfective)

получить/получать

to receive (perfective/imperfective)

остаться

to remain (perfective)

оставаться

to remain, stay (imperfective)

вспомнить

to remember (perfective)

помнить

to remember (perfective)

вспоминать

to remember, recall

вернуться

to return (perfective)

видеть

to see

увидеть

to see (perfective)

послать

to send (perfective)

показать

to show (perfective)

петь

to sing

сидеть

to sit

сесть

to sit down (perfective)

спать

to sleep

решить

to solve (perfective)

стоять

to stand

встать

to stand, to get up (perfective)

учиться

to study (to be a student)

взять

to take (perfective)

посмотреть

to take a look (to watch--perfective)

снять

to take away, take off; photograph

брать

to take; hire

говорить

to talk

попробовать

to test; to try (to); attempt (to)

думать

to think

подумать

to think (perfective)

пытаться

to try, attempt

понимать

to understand (imperfective)

понять

to understand (perfective)

ждать

to wait (imperfective)

ходить

to walk; to go (imperfective)

хотеть

to want

смотреть

to watch

желать

to wish, desire

удивиться

to wonder, be surprised

работать

to work, to work (imperfective)

писать

to write (imperfective)

написать

to write (perfective)

купить

to buy (perfective)

звать

to call

играть

to play


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