No. 2,212 in Russian
давать
"To give."
In a sentence
Я люблю давать подарки своим друзьям.
I love giving gifts to my friends.
The verb 'давать' here means 'to give' and is used to express the action of giving something to someone.
Пожалуйста, не забывайте давать мне отчёт каждую неделю.
Please, don't forget to give me a report every week.
In this sentence, 'давать' also means 'to give' and indicates the regular provision of something.
Учитель дал нам задачу на дом.
The teacher gave us a homework assignment.
Here, the past tense of 'давать', 'дал', is used to describe the action of assigning or distributing homework.
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