взяться

Russian

Etymology

взять (vzjatʹ) + -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvzʲat͡sːə]
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Verb

взя́ться (vzjátʹsja) pf (imperfective бра́ться)

  1. to take something with hands, to take (mutually, together) (e.g. each other's hands)
    Возьмёмся за́ руки, друзья́, чтоб не пропа́сть поодино́чке.
    Vozʹmjómsja zá ruki, druzʹjá, štob ne propástʹ poodinóčke.
    Let's take each other's hands, my friends, so that we don't perish one by one.
    (Bulat Okudzhava, a song)
  2. to set about; to undertake (за (za) + accusative case a task)
    С понеде́льника возьму́сь за англи́йский язы́к.
    S ponedélʹnika vozʹmúsʹ za anglíjskij jazýk.
    From Monday I'll tackle English.
  3. (colloquial) to appear, to emerge
    Е́сли не хвата́ет де́нег сего́дня, отку́да они́ возьму́тся за́втра?
    Jésli ne xvatájet déneg sevódnja, otkúda oní vozʹmútsja závtra?
    If there's not enough money today, where will it come from tomorrow?
  4. passive of взять (vzjatʹ)

Conjugation

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