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понимать

понимать

Meaning of понимать

осознавать смысл или суть информации

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RU[pɐnʲɪˈmatʲ]
RUандерстенд
understand
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понимать with Russian translation

понимать usage examples

🇨🇳ZH🇷🇺RU

Трудно понимать смысл старых народных песен без перевода.

🇨🇳ZH🇷🇺RU

Она пыталась понять правила этикета на церемонии.

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понимать belongs to the topic "Top 300". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

понимать理解
готовить做饭
менять
завязывать
следовать遵循
задавать引领
убирать移除

понимать synonyms

Related words worth learning together

схватить
To grasp an idea quickly or grab an object; colloquial
сообразить
To quickly figure out or understand; colloquial
знать
To have information or be aware of facts
узнать
To learn or find out something new
осознать
To realize more deeply; become aware of significance or consequences
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С
🇷🇺ru
схватить

To grasp an idea quickly or grab an object; colloquial

A1Often
С
🇷🇺ru
сообразить

To quickly figure out or understand; colloquial

A1Often
🇷🇺ru

To have information or be aware of facts

A1Very Often
У
🇷🇺ru
узнать

To learn or find out something new

A1Very Often
О
🇷🇺ru
осознать

To realize more deeply; become aware of significance or consequences

A1Often
О
🇷🇺ru
осмыслить

To analyze and make sense of; to conceptualize

A1Rarely
У
🇷🇺ru
усвоить

To assimilate and retain knowledge or a skill

A1Often
В
🇷🇺ru
вникнуть

To delve into details; to understand thoroughly

A1Often
Д
🇷🇺ru
догадаться

To guess or infer without full information

A1Often
В
🇷🇺ru
воспринять

To perceive or interpret information/stimulus and react to it

A1Often

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понимать значение: what does it mean?

осознавать смысл или суть информации

понимать произношение: how do you pronounce it?

понимать is pronounced as [pɐnʲɪˈmatʲ]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

понимать определение и примеры предложений: how is it used in a sentence?

It's hard to understand the meaning of old folk songs without a translation. Translation: Трудно понимать смысл старых народных песен без перевода.

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