Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

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Meaning: to sit down, board, get into, to land, set, come down, to discharge, to get jailed

Pronunciation: [sah-DEE-tsah]

Part of speech: verb (imperfective aspect)

Rank: #761 (see frequency list)

• Садитесь на стул, пожалуйста.
• Sit down on the chair, please. (polite)
• Садись в автомобиль!
• Get into the car! (informal)
• Ему надо сесть на этот поезд.
• He must take this train.
• Этот самолёт садится в Москве.
• This plane lands in Moscow.
• Батарейки в фонарике садятся.
• The batteries in the flashlight are low.
• День подходил к концу, и солнце медленно садилось за горизонт.
• The day was coming to an end and the sun was slowly going down beneath the horizon.
• Прошу садиться!
• Please be seated! (addressing a group of people politely)

• садиться за руль = to take the driver's seat, to sit down at the wheel
• садиться на мель = to run aground
• садиться в тюрьму = to get into prison
• батарейка садится = the battery is low

• Назло мужу сяду в лужу.
• To bite off one's nose to spite somebody's face.
• Не в свои сани не садись.
• Do not try to sit in the sledge not belonging to you.
• Не сади дерева корнем кверху.
• Do not plant a tree with its root upward.

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Simple Tense

The imperfective verb садиться is not used in the Future Simple Tense. Use the perfective verb сесть instead.

Future Compound Tense

Imperative Mood (Command Form)

View full conjugation table for the verb pair садиться/сесть