"Я расту."
Translation:I am growing.
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I know this is a joke comment, but completely seriously - does this statement carry the same level of innuendo in russian and english?
Yes, a Russian plant could theoretically say «Я расту» but a Russian farmer talking about which planets he or she grows would say «Я ращу картофель, капусту и кукурузу.» Right?
I think, "Я выращиваю картофель, капусту и кукурузу" would be more common. (imp. выра́щивать perf. вы́растить)
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Does расту mean 'I am growing' in the sense of emotionally/mentally as well, or only physically?
"to grow up" can mean "to become an adult'' They probably have a different verb for that.
Of course it should. "I'm growing up" is completely normal standard English, just as for the previous example " "your brother is growing up". The latter was accepted!
If some guy was working out in a gym and he said "I am growing" he wouldn't be "growing up". I am not sure if the context of the phrase given is just growing, or refers to growing up.
Can someone give me the conjugations for "to grow" for both Imperfective and Perfective? Thank you in advance :-)
What do you mean by "perfective"? Do you need the conjugation of вырасти?
Oh, I just don't know how to conjugate 'to grow' and I thought there was a imperfective and perfective for each verb. But I'm not sure how to conjugate: I grow, you grow... we grow, they grow.
Thank you! But, how do you say:
I grow you grow he/she/it grows we grow you (formal) grow they grow
I guess at this point I can look it up on the internet - sorry :-) ! But, it's hard to find full conjugations easily.
Here is the best conjugator I have found. You can enter any form of the verb: http://cooljugator.com/ru/?query=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C&stress=1
I also really like openrussian.org - it has the info presented in a slightly different way than the site given by Dejo, but has also has a bunch of example sentences that are particularly useful... http://en.openrussian.org/ru/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C
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Could someone explain the difference between расти and расти́ть? It seems they both mean 'to grow' but have a differenct conjugation. I'm curious.
Растить has an object (e.g., raise crops, raise kids).
Расти does not; it is a process the subject undergoes.
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«Я расту» means «I am growing». «Я ращу» means «I grow something». However, the word «ращу» (in the infinitive — «растить») is used very rarely and mainly in expressions like «Они растят детей» (They are raising children), when other words of the same root are less appropriate.
