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Russian word of the day: Встречаться

Apr 21, 2017 (see all)
встреча́ться
[ vstree-chá-tsa ]
Verb , imperfective
Often used with the Instumental
Perfective - встре́титься (see below)
to meet, to see, to date (somebody)
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The perfective aspect

встре́титься [fstryé-tee-tsa] Verb , perfective
to meet, to encounter, to come across
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Examples

  • Они́ на́чали встреча́ться два ме́сяца наза́д.

    a-née ná-cha-lee vstree-chá-tsa dva myé-sya-tsa na-zád

    They started dating two months ago.

  • Извини́те, мы ра́ньше не встреча́лись?

    eez-vee-née-tee, my rán'-she nye vstrye-chá-lees'

    Excuse me, have we met before?

Встречаться - Conjugation
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Same stem words

навстре́чу [nafst-ryé-chu] Adverb
towards
встре́ча [fstryé-cha] Noun , feminine
meeting, encounter; reception, welcome

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