Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)
How to say "be asleep" in Russian
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Meaning:
be asleep, slumber, rest, to sleep
Pronunciation:
[spaht']
Part of speech: verb (imperfective aspect)
Rank: #397 (see frequency list)
Misha must sleep in the cradle. Photo by tempophage. Photo by author CC-BY-2.0
- Ма́ша ложи́тся спать в де́вять вечера́.
- Masha goes to bed at 9 o'clock in the evening.
- Обы́чно я сплю на спине́.
- I usually sleep on the back.
- Ка́ждый день я сплю о́коло 8 часо́в.
- Every day I sleep about eight hours.
- Вы спи́те днём?
- Do you sleep in the afternoon?
- Когда́ мы пойдём спать?
- When shall we go to bed?
- Да́ша спит с роди́телями, потому́ что она́ ма́ленькая.
- Dasha sleeps with her parents because she is a little baby.
- literal Dasha sleeps with her parents because she is small.
- На́ши дома́шние живо́тные всегда́ спят с на́ми.
- Our pets always sleep with us.
- Ви́ктор пло́хо спит.
- Victor can't sleep well.
- literal Victor sleeps badly.
- Она́ спит с включённым све́том, потому́ что бои́тся темноты́.
- She sleeps with the lights on because she's afraid of the darkness.
- В де́тстве моя́ ма́ма всегда́ укла́дывала меня́ спать.
- In childhood, my mother would always put me to bed.
- Когда́ я сплю, то ча́сто ви́жу сны.
- When I sleep, I often have dreams.
- literal When I sleep, I often see dreams.
- Сего́дня мы спа́ли на но́вой крова́ти.
- We slept on the new bed today.
- Миша до́лжен спать в колыбе́ли.
- Misha must sleep in the cradle.
- Почему́ ты не спишь?
- Why are you not sleeping?
- Комары́ не дава́ли нам спать всю ночь.
- Mosquitoes wouldn't let us sleep all night.
- literal Mosquitoes [were] not letting us sleep all night.
Present Tense
I | сплю́ |
you (singular) | спи́шь |
he, she, it | спи́т |
we | спи́м |
you (plural) | спи́те |
they | спя́т |
Past Tense
I, you (singular), he | спа́л |
she | спала́ |
it | спа́ло |
we, you (plural), they | спа́ли |
Future Simple Tense
The imperfective verb спать is not used in the Future Simple Tense. Use the perfective verb поспать instead.
Future Compound Tense
I | буду спа́ть |
you (singular) | будешь спа́ть |
he, she, it | будет спа́ть |
we | будем спа́ть |
you (plural) | будете спа́ть |
they | будут спа́ть |
Imperative Mood (Command Form)
you (singular) | спи́ | you (plural) | спи́те |
View full conjugation table for the verb pair спать/поспать
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