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Rank Russian verb English translation Aspectual pair (imp/perf)

1. быть to be, have imperfective, no pair(see бывать, побыть)

2. сказать to say, speak говорить/сказать

3. мочь be able мочь/смочь

4. говорить to say, tell, speak говорить/сказать

5. знать to know, be aware знать/узнать

6. стать to become, begin, come

становиться/стать

7. есть to eat, to be есть/съесть

8. хотеть to want, like хотеть/захотеть

9. видеть to see видеть/увидеть

10. идти to go, come идти/пойти

11. стоять to stand, be, stand up стоять/постоять

12. думать to think думать/подумать

13. спросить to ask спрашивать/спросить

14. жить to live no corresponding pair (see пожить, прожить)

15. смотреть to look, watch, see смотреть/посмотреть

16. сидеть to sit сидеть/сесть

17. понять to understand; realize понимать/понять

18. иметь to have, own imperfective, no pair

19. делать to do, make делать/сделать

20. взять to take брать/взять

21. сделать to do, make, finish делать/сделать

22. понимать to understand понимать/понять

23. казаться to seem, appear казаться/показаться

24. давать to give; let, allow давать/дать

25. пойти to go идти/пойти

26. увидеть to see видеть/увидеть

27. остаться to remain, stay оставаться/остаться

28. выйти to go out, come out, appear

выходить/выйти

29. дать to give давать/дать

30. работать to work работать/отработать

31. любить to love любить/полюбить

32. оказаться find oneself, turn out оказываться/оказаться

33. ответить to answer, reply отвечать/ответить

34. подумать to think думать/подумать

35. значить to mean, signify imperfective, no pair

36. посмотреть to take a look, watch, inspect

смотреть/посмотреть

37. ждать to wait ждать/подождать

38. лежать to lie, be situated лежать/лечь

39. найти to find, discover, consider

искать/найти

40. писать to write писать/написать

41. решить to decide, solve решать/решить

42. вернуться to return возвращаться/вернуться

43. считать to count, consider считать/посчитать

44. помнить to remember помнить/запомнить

45. получить to receive, get, obtain получать/получить

46. ходить to go, walk ходить/пойти

47. бывать be, visit, happen бывать/побывать

48. прийти to come, arrive приходить/прийти

49. узнать to know, learn, recognize

узнавать/узнать

50. заметить to notice, observe замечать/заметить

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Rank Russian verb English translation Aspectual Pair (Imp / PF)

51. escape to leave, go away go / go

52. hear to hear listen / hear

53. listen to listen, hear listen and listen

54. fear to be afraid, fear fear / zaboyatsya

55. look to look, gaze stare / look

56. get to sit sit / sit

57. read to read read / read

58. remain to remain, stay remain / stay

59. take to take; hire take / take

60. write to write write / write

61. start to begin start / start

62. feel to feel feel /feel

63. to to lead lead / lead

64. catch to be in time, be successful keep up / catch

65. continue to continue continue /continue

66. forget to forget remember / forget

67. pass to pass, go by, be over run / walk

68. appear to appear, show up appear /appear

69. go to go out; nurse enter / exit

70. request to ask ask / ask

71. try to try try / try

72. show to show, display Hide / Show

73. remember to remember, recall remember /remember

74. keep to hold, keep imperfective, no pair

75. call to call, name call / call

76. go to leave, go away go / go

77. come up to approach, come up Approach / approach

78. raise to lift, raise raise / lift

79. ask to ask, inquire ask / ask

80. quit to throw drop / throw

81. send to send, dispatch send / send

82. be to be found, turn up be / find

83. put to put, place, set put / put

84. up to get up, rise, stand up stand up / stand up

85. play to play play / play

86. follow to follow, come next follow /follow

87. tell to tell, narrate tell /tell

88. sleep to sleep sleep / nap

89. leave to leave, abandon leave / leave

90. enter to enter, come in log / log

91. be silent to keep silence silence / silence

92. tell to tell, narrate tell /tell

93. reply to answer, reply respond / reply

94. become to stand; to become get / become

95. stay to stop stop /stay

96. search to search search / find

97. start to begin start / start

98. believe to believe trust / believe

99. be to appear be / appear

100. be able to to be able can / be able to



101. run to run, hurry running / run

102. come to arrive, come go / go

103. cry to cry, shout scream / yell

104. open to open open / open

105. occur to happen, occur, take place place /occur

106. go to go, ride, drive, travel go / go

107. come to come, arrive come / come

108. rise to rise, climb up /rise

109. seem to appear, come in sight show /seem

110. gather to gather together, assemble; intend

assemble /gather

111. get to hit; to find oneself hit / hit

112. take to take, admit, accept take / accept

113. go to depart, set off go / go

114. hear to hear listen / hear

115. be able to to be able, know, can imperfective, no pair

116. happen to happen occur / happen

117. try to try, endeavour try /try

118. call to call call / call

119. occur to happen, occur, take place place /occur

120. engage to be occupied, engage do / do

121. put to lay down, put down, place lay / put

122. buy to buy, purchase Buy / Sell

123. die to die die / die

124. drink to drink drink / drink

125. pass to pass, go; study place /occur

126. remove to take away, take off; photograph

rent / rent

127. begin to begin start / begin

128. represent to present, introduce, imagine submit /submit

129. explain to explain explain / explanation

130. pronounce to pronounce, say, utter pronounced /pronounce

131. like to please, like like /like

132. exist to exist, to be

133. succeed turn out well, succeed, manage work out / work out

134. come to fit, fall; have to account /come

135. submit to presetn, produce, introduce submit /submit

136. call to call, name call / call

137. smile to smile smile /smile

138. smile to smile smile /smile

139. laugh to laugh laugh / laugh

140. suffice to snatch, seize; be sufficient enough / enough

141. feel to feel feel /feel

142. bring to bring bring / bring

143. agree to agree, consent agree /agree

144. suffice to snatch, seize, suffice enough / enough

145. take to take, admin, accept take / accept

146. kill to kill kill / kill

147. offer to offer, propose, suggest suggest /offer

148. account to fit, fall; have to account /come

149. have a drink

to drink drink / drink

150. cry to cry, shout scream / cry


Rank Russian verb

English translation Aspectual Pair (Imp / PF)

151. skip to show, display Hide / Show

152. cause to call, send call / call

153. ask to ask ask / ask

154. provided to turn out, find oneself provided / to be

155. lead to bring lead / lead

156. return to return back / return

157. require to demand require / demand

158. lose to lose lose / lose

159. get to reach; get, obtain get / get

160. report to report, let know report / report

161. appear to appear, show up appear / emerge

162. fall to fall fall / fall

163. get to come, arrive, turn out get / get

164. to to accompany, set off; conduct; spend

conduct / conduct

165. forgive to forgive forgive / pardon

166. beat to beat, hit beat / beaten

167. nod to nod nod / nod

168. disappear to disappear fade / disappear

169. give to return, give back give / give

170. help to hellp help / help

171. send to send imperfective, no pair (see send, send)

172. remember to remember, recall remember / recall

173. breathe to take breath, to sigh sigh / sigh

174. sing to sing sing / sing

175. sit down to sit down sit / sit

176. stop to stop, cease cease / stop

177. come to fit, fall; have to would come come

178. Welcome to grant, bestow grant / Welcome

179. get to receve, get get / get

180. be called to call oneself named / called

181. hope to hope hoped / hope to

182. stretch to stretch, extend stretch / stretch

183. approach to come up, approach; to fit Approach / approach

184. serve to serve serve / serve

185. believe to believe trust / believe

186. look to look, give a glance look / glance

187. cause to call, send call / call

188. expected to expect, anticipate imperfective, no pair

189. hang to hang imperfective, no pair

190. create to create, establish establish / create

191. go to leave, depart go / go

192. look to look imperfective, no pair

193. study to study, learn study / learn

194. talk to talk, speak imperfective, no pair

195. help to help, assist help / help

196. turn to turn turn / turning

197. let to allow, permit allow / permit

198. meet to meet meet / meet

199. enter to enter, come in log / log

200. detect to discover, find out detect / locate


Rank Russian verb

English translation Aspectual Pair (Imp / PF)

201. bear to carry bear / bore

202. send to send send / upload

203. treat to treat, regard, relate refer / treat

204. arise to arise, appear occur / arise

205. repeat to repeat repeat / repeat

206. die to perish, be killed die / die

207. burn to burn burn / burn

208. cry to cry Cry cry

209. move to move move / move

210. add to add add / add

211. wonder to wonder, be surprised wonder /wonder

212. act to act imperfective, no pair

213. keep to hold on, behave imperfective, no pair

214. fly to fly imperfective, no pair (see fly)

215. wear to wear wear / bear

216. used to get used to, to grow accustomed to

accustomed /used

217. call to call, to telephone call / call

218. interfere to interfere, prevent; mix hinder / prevent

219. arise to arise, spring up emerge /arise

220. desire to wish desire / wish

221. try to try, text probe /try

222. obtained to come out receive /get

223. put to put, place, set put / put

224. conduct to lead, escort; accompany conduct / conduct

225. promise to promise promise / promise

226. judge to judge, try imperfective, no pair

227. gather to gather, collect assemble / gather

228. prick to prick prick / prick

229. scream to shout, cry out yell / scream

230. end to end end / end

231. shoot to shoot Shoot shoot

232. use to use, utilize, make use of imperf. and perfective

233. smell to smell imperfective, no pair

234. pass to pass, give, transmit pass / pass

235. rise to get up, stand up, rise stand up / stand up

236. remove to take off, to photograph, to rent

rent / rent

237. call to ring, call call / call

238. remind to remind, resemble remind /recall

239. think to think, devise, invent invent /think

240. fall to fall, drop, decline fall / fall

241. talk to have a talk, speak, tell speak / talk

242. begin to begin, start, set in start / begin

243. order to order, command ordering /order

244. laugh to start laughing, begin to laugh

laugh / laugh

245. touch to touch, concern, touch upon

touch / touch

246. take to begin, set to, set about adopted /take

247. make to force, compel, make make / make

248. rise to rise, go up, climb, get up

up /rise

249. strike to strike, hit, beat hit / strike

250. understand to be understood imperfective, no pair

251. meet to meet, be found, occur dating /meet

252. try to try, attempt, endeavor try / try

253. catch to seize, grasp, catch grasp / seize

254. refuse to decline, reject, give up abandon /refuse

255. pull to take out, pull out, extract, steal

pull /pull

256. offer to offer, propose, suggest, invite

suggest /offer

257. go to set off, start, leave, depart

go /go

258. run to start running, to run perfective, no pair

259. smoke to smoke smoke / smoke

260. open to open, let out, discover open / open

261. go to call in, drop in, visit go / go

262. notice to notice, percieve, observe, take a note

notice / notice

263. finish to end, finish, complete Ends /finish

264. watch to watch, spy, follow, keep an eye

imperfective, no pair (see follow)

265. rush to throw oneself, rush, jump

rush / rush

266. close to close, shut, cover up close / close

267. like to like (as in "I liked") like /like

268. contact to appeal, apply, address contact /contact

269. enjoin to order, tell enjoin / enjoin

270. exist to have, there is / are imperfective, no pair

271. lower to lower, put down, omit omit / omit

272. be born to be born, arise born / born

273. save to save, rescue save / save

274. sorry to excuse, pardon excuse / pardon

275. declare to declar, announce declare / announce

276. contact to appeal, address contact /contact

277. hasten to hurry rush /hurry

278. watch to observe, watch, supervise

imperfective, no pair

279. able to be able, manage, succeed

able / able

280. turn out to turn out, result in wrapped /turn out

281. wake up to wake up wake /wake up

282. wait to wait, postpone wait / wait

283. talk to begin to speak, zagovarivat /talk

284. use to use, take advantage of imperfective, no pair (see popolzovavshis)

285. repeat to repeat repeat /repeat

286. teach to teach, learn teach / learn

287. take to set about, undertake tackle / tackle

288. run to run, run about imperfective, no pair (see run)

289. arrange to arrange, to make, build organize / arrange

290. breathe to breath imperfective, no pair

291. lay to lie down lie / lay

292. consist to consist of, be imperfective, no pair

293. call to call in, drop in, visit go / go

294. be to take into consideration, settle with

be /reckon

295. travel to drive, ride, go, travel ride / train

296. stop to stop stop /stop

297. meet to meet, be found, occur dating /meet

298. appear to appear, present oneself, arrive

be / appear


300. pay to pay pay / pay



301. fall down to fall, abate fall / fall down

302. long live to be well, prosper, thrive imperfective, no pair

303. let to allow, permit, enable let /let

304. state to declare, announce state / state

305. stick to protrude, stick out, hang about

imperfective, no pair

306. catch to catch catch / catch

307. collect to gather, collect, put together, pack

collect / gather

308. find to find, discover, consider find / find

309. gather to gather, collect, put together, pack

collect / gather

310. come to come, set in, step on, attack

advance / come

311. pull to pull, draw, haul pull / pull

312. throw to throw, fling drop / throw

313. dream to dream dream / dream

314. wish to want, to feel like want to / want

315. leave to leave, abandon, keep, retain

leave / leave

316. smile to give a short laugh, smile slightly, grin

smile /smile

317. abyss to disappear, be lost, be missing

disappear / gulf

318. stand to bear, stand, endure maintain /stand

319. meet to meet meet / meet

320. let to let, allow, permit, let in let / let

321. release to let go, release release /release

322. exclaim to exclaim, cry cry /exclaim

323. tremble to tremble imperfective, no pair (see tremble)

324. select to choose, select select / choose

325. shake to press, shake, to reap shake / shake

326. go off to be heard (as in "there was a knock [heard] on the door")

distributed /go off

327. explain to explain explain /explain

328. draw to turn (as in "turn one's eyes upon smth"), turn into

pay / pay

329. shove to shove, poke, thrust stick / slip

330. allow to allow, permit authorize /allow

331. confess to confess, admit recognized /confess

332. be to make up, put together, compose

be /compose

333. see to see imperfective, no pair (see see)

334. take to borrow, occupy, secure take / take

335. lose to lose, shed (leaves) lose / lose

336. jump to jump, jump up jump up / jump


338. climb to get in, to push, butt in climb / climb

339. send to send, forward, mail send /send

340. build to build, make, construct build / construct

341. let to let in, to let go let / let

342. look to peep in, glance, drop in peek /look

343. say to say, talk pronounce /say

344. check to check, verify, examine check /check

345. ache to be ill, worry, be a fan of sick / ill

346. raise to raise, pick up raise / lift

347. mean to mean, signify imperfective, no pair (see meaning)

348. spoken to be said imperfective, no pair

349. test to try, test test / test

350. marry to marry imperf. and perfective

351. look to look back, look around look /look

352. invite to invite invite /invite

353. belong to belong imperfective, no pair

354. build to build, construct build / construct

355. go to cross, move, pass, transfer go / go

356. lucky to be lucky, to convery, carry, drive

carry / lucky

357. look at to look, look at stare / look

358. turn to turn turn /turn

359. get to arrive, reach, get there get /get

360. recognize to recognize, acknowledge, admit

recognize / acknowledge

361. do to enter, join, act, treat do / do

362. hurry to be in a hurry rush /hurry

363. remove to take out, extract remove / remove

364. cost to cost, be worth (something) imperfective, no pair

365. believe to suppose, think imperfective, no pair (see put)

366. listen to listen to, listen and listen

367. note to mark, note mark / mark

368. assert to affirm, approve, confirm assert /approve

369. differ to differ, be notable, distinguish oneself

different /differ

370. pop out to jump out, pop out, come out

popping /pop out

371. come to arrive, come come / come

372. roll to drive, roll roll / pokatit

373. grow to grow imperfective, no pair (see grow up, grow up)

374. return to return, give back back / return

375. depend to depend imperfective, no pair

376. become acquainted

to meet, make the acquaintance

friendbecome acquainted

377. sting to sting bite / sting

378. be found to be found, never be at a loss

be / find

379. done to become, get, grow, happen

done / do

380. guess to guess, to have the sense to

guess /guess

381. live to live, reside, spend live / live

382. walk to go for a walk, be outdoors, have time off, enjoy oneself

walk / walk

383. understand to disassemble, unpack, to look into, examine

deal /deal

384. pay to turn (as in "turn one's eyes upon smth"), turn into

pay / pay

385. give to return, give back give / give

386. descend to go and get, to go down, get off, come off

go / go

387. sound to sound, ring sound / sound

388. worry to worry, be upset, be rough worry /inflame

389. submit to give, serve file / file

390. cook to prepare, train, cook cook / prepare

391. pity to feel sorry, pitty, regret regret / pity

392. lie to lie, tell lies lie / lie

393. object to object, disagree object / object

394. prepare to prepare for, make ready for

cook / prepare

395. turn to change into, turn into, be reduced to

transform /turn

396. tolerate to endure, suffer, stand, tolerate

endure / tolerate

397. wave to wave, flap, flutter wave / wave

398. determine to define, determine define /determine

399. release to let out, discharge, release release /release

400. speak to come forward, advance, appear, perform

act /speak



401. consider to look at, consider, regard consider /consider

402. move away move away, walk away, leave, digress

retreat / withdraw

403. grow to grow, grow up grow / grow

404. Translate to transfer, translate translate /Translate

405. plant to plant plant / plant

406. bawl to shout, scream, yell yell / scream

407. do to treat, to cost, manage do / do

408. issue to hand, give out, distribute issue / issue

409. fight to be at war, to fight fight / to war

410. stop to stop stop /stay

411. have to have, possess always imperfective

412. sell to sell sell / sell

413. argue to argue, dispute debate / argue

414. start to climb

to begin to climb, to put one's hand into

climb / climb

415. perform to fulfill, carry out, execute, make

run /perform

416. need to be required, be needed required /required

417. die to die, pass away die / die

418. walk to reach, arrive, come across Income / walk

419. calm down to calm down, quiet, settle down, abate

calm /calm down

420. close to approach, near approach /approach

421. fly to fly, flutter fly / fly

422. kill to kill kill / kill

423. advance to move, advance move / move

424. down to come down, descend, land, settle

down /down

425. set to install, place, mount install /set

426. forget to forget remember / forget

427. call to call, invite call / call

428. scared to be frightened, startled scared / frightened

429. eat to eat have / eat


431. think to ponder, become thoughtful, hesitate

thinking /think

432. solve to deside, to solve address / solve

433. Gifts to give (as a present) donate / donate

434. change to change change /change

435. lead to bring lead / lead

436. wonder to be surprised, be astonished wonder /wonder

437. pick up to take away, seize take / pick up

438. take to take up, occupy, borrow take / take

439. prove to prove, demostrate prove / prove

440. cook to boil, cook cook / boil

441. change to change, to modify / change

442. catch to catch, to betray, be unfaithful catch / catch

443. seek to speed, rush try /rush

444. stretch to stretch, extend stretch / stretch

445. force to force, compel, make make / make

446. suffer to suffer, be troubled by suffer / suffer

447. record to write down, record write / write

448. interest to interest interest /interest

449. include to include, to switch on include / include

450. strike to strike, startle, affect hit / strike

451. be silent to keep quiet, be silent silent / silent

452. open to open, come to light open /open

453. send to direct, aim, send direct /send

454. remember to memorize, remember store /

remember

455. fight to struggle, fight fight / compete

456. take to tranport, carry, drive, to be lucky

carry / lucky

457. learn to learn, study study / learn

458. appoint to assign, allot, fix nominate / appoint

459. choose to choose, select select / choose

460. recall to remind, resemble remind /recall

461. doubt to doubt, hesitate doubt /begin to doubt

462. rejoice to be glad, happy rejoice /rejoice

463. cover to cover cover / cover

464. glance to glance stare / glance

465. capture to seize, capture, thrill capture /capture


467. compose to compose, make up, put together

make / create

468. bone to abuse, reprimand angrily Bones knock

469. buy to buy, purchase Buy / Sell

470. knock to tap, knock, pound knock / knock

471. change to change, exchange change / change

472. examine to examine examine /discern

473. smoke to light up, begin to smoke light a cigarette / smoke

474. get tired to get tired tired / tired

475. cover to cover, protect, conceal cover /cover

476. silence to stop talking, to hush up silence / silence

477. make to bring, acquire, wind up Plant / make

478. come to arrive, come come / arrive

479. confirm to confirm validate /confirm

480. go to come down, to go and fetch, descend

go / go

481. do to enter, act, treat, behave do / do

482. fell to bring down, fall heavily (of snow)

cut / knock down

483. bored to bore, bother, pester bore / annoy

484. withdraw to take out, lead out, remove, grow

output / output

485. jump to jump, leap, bounce jump / jump

486. create to create, establish establish / create

487. sure to be convinced, to make sure sure /sure

488. hate to hate, detest, abhor hate /come to hate

489. disappear to disappear, vanish fade / disappear

490. feel to feel, sense sense / sense

491. drag to pull, drag, haul pull / pull

492. hide to hide, conceal conceal / hide

493. commit to accomplish, commit commit / commit

494. freeze to stand still, stop freeze / freeze

495. submit to give, serve file / file

496. produce to make, carry out, produce produce /produce

497. wait to wait till, wait, await wait /wait

498. swim to swim, float swim / swim

499. perform to implement, execute, accomplish

run /perform

500. heading to set off for, head towards sent /heading

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