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Russian word of the day: Задуматься

Jan 10, 2022 (see all)
заду́маться
[ za-dú-ma-tsa ]
Verb , perfective
Often used with the Instumental
Imperfective - заду́мываться
to begin to think, to be lost in thoughts; to hesitate
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Morphemic analysis

задуматься
prefix: за
root: дум
suffix: а
suffix: ть
ending: ся

Etymology

думать - to think
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Examples

  • Па́рень заду́мался, что́-то прики́дывая и́ли подсчи́тывая.

    pá-reen' za-dú-mal-sya, chto-ta pree-kée-dy-va-ya ée-lee pat-schée-ty-va-ya

    The guy stopped to think about something, figuring out or calculating.

  • Его́ неспосо́бность отве́тить на просто́й вопро́с заста́вила нас заду́маться.

    ye-vó nee-spa-sób-nast' at-vyé-teet' na pras-tóî vap-rós zas-tá-vee-la nas za-dú-ma-tsa

    His inability to answer a simple question got us thinking.

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Same stem words

приду́мывать [pree-dú-my-vat'] Verb , imperfective
to think out, to devise, to contrive, to invent
заду́мчивый [za-dúm-chee-vyî] Adjective
thoughtful, pensive, meditative
поду́мать [pa-dú-mat'] Verb , perfective
to think
ду́мать [dú-mat'] Verb , imperfective
to think

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