слушаться

Russian

Etymology

слу́шать (slúšatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-, whence English listen and possibly slave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɫuʂət͡sə]
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Verb

слу́шаться • (slúšatʹsjaimpf (perfective послу́шаться)

  1. to obey, to take (someone's) advice, to listen to
    слу́шаться роди́телейslúšatʹsja rodítelejto obey one's parents
  2. (imperfective only) to obey, to be under control (of a mechanism or body part)
  3. passive of слу́шать (slúšatʹ)

Conjugation