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запеть

to start singing

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Conjugation of запеть

This verb can also mean the following: sing out.
This verb's imperfective counterpart: запевать
Я
Ты
Он/она
Мы
Вы
Они
Future tense
запою
zapoju
I will start singing
запоёшь
zapoesh'
you will start singing
запоёт
zapoet
he/she will start singing
запоём
zapoem
we will start singing
запоёте
zapoete
you all will start singing
запоют
zapojut
they will start singing
Perfective Imperative mood
-
запой
zapoj
start singing
-
-
запойте
zapojte
start singing
-
Он
Она
Оно
Они
Perfective Past tense
запел
zapel
he started singing
запела
zapela
she started singing
запело
zapelo
it started singing
запели
zapeli
they started singing
Conditional
запел бы
zapel by
He would start singing
запела бы
zapela by
She would start singing
запело бы
zapelo by
It would start singing
запели бы
zapeli by
They would start singing
Pres. Act.
Past Act.
Pres. Pass.
Past Pass.
Present Adv.
Past Adv.
Participles
запевший
zapevšij
one who started singing
запетый
zapetyj
one who was started singing
запев
zapev
while starting singing

Examples of запеть

Привет, канареечка, (каламбур: canary - канарейка или доносчик) пора тебе запеть.

Hello, little canary, time to start singing.

А вчера, явился в Храм - на одной ноге валенок, на другой носок и запел гнусным голосом.

With a felt boot on one leg and a sock on the other and started singing through his nose.

Если бы я запела,

As soon as I started singing,

Лягушки запели!

The frogs have started singing!

Цыгане как запели, ты портвейна выпил и закричал:

When the Gypsies started singing you shouted.