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Russian word of the day: Копаться

Apr 19, 2017 (see all)
копа́ться
[ ka-pá-tsa ]
Verb , imperfective
Often used with the Prepositional
Perfective - прокопа́ться
to dig; to probe; to dawdle
Gardening

Examples

  • Ну что ты там копа́ешься?

    nu chto ty tam ka-pá-eesh-sya

    Why are you so long? (Over what are you dawdling there?)

  • Де́ти копа́лись в песке́.

    dyé-tee ka-pá-lees' f pees-kyé

    Children were playing in the sand.

Копаться - Conjugation
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Same stem words

выка́пывать [vy-ká-py-vat'] Verb , imperfective
to dig out, to dig up
копа́ть [ka-pát'] Verb , imperfective
to dig; (под кого-то) to plot against someone

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Related words
лопа́та shovel
посади́ть to plant; to lock up; to seat, to place
огоро́д vegetable garden
дрова́ firewood

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