This is a very important verb for the beginner who is travelling to Russia as you will use it quite often to say "I understand", or more likely "I don't understand".
To make a verb negative see the notes in the right-hand column -->
Verb: To understand
Infinitive: понимать
Stem: понима-
Conjugation Type: 1
Russian
English
Я понимаю
I understand
Ты понимаешь
You understand
Он/ Она/ Оно понимает
He/ She/ It understands
Мы понимаем
We understand
Вы понимаете
You understand
Они понимают
They understand
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I don't understand (literally: I not understand)
Я не понимаю
Pronounced:
ya nye pa-ni-mA-yu
Listen:
(Lena)
Do you understand? (literally: You understand?)
ты понимаешь?
Pronounced:
tih pa-ni-mA-yesh
Listen:
(Lena)
He understands English (literally: He understands in English)
Он понимает по-английски
Pronounced:
on pa-ni-mA-yet pa-n-glEE-ski
Listen:
(Lena)
She understands Russian (literally: She understands in Russian)
Она понимает по-русски
Pronounced:
a-nA pa-ni-mA-yet pa-rOO-ski
Listen:
(Lena)
We understand each other
мы понимаем друг друга
Pronounced:
mwi pa-ni-mA-yem droog drOOga
Listen:
(Lena)
Do you understand what I am saying?
Вы понимаете что я говорю?
Pronounced:
vwi pa-ni-mIE-tye shto ya ga-va-rOO
Listen:
(Lena)
They understand us
Они понимают нас
Pronounced:
a-nI pa-ni-mA-yt nas
Listen:
(Lena)
Not doing ...
To indicate that you are NOT doing something then you add the word "не" (nyeh) between the pronoun and the verb.
