No. 15,063 in Russian
поздравлять
To congratulate.
In a sentence
Я поздравляю тебя с днем рождения.
I congratulate you on your birthday.
The word "поздравляю" is used in the present tense to express extending congratulations directly to someone.
Мы поздравляли её с успехом на экзамене.
We congratulated her on her success in the exam.
Here, "поздравляли" is in the past tense, referring to the act of congratulating someone for a past achievement.
Поздравлять людей с их достижениями - это хорошая традиция.
Congratulating people on their achievements is a good tradition.
The verb "поздравлять" is used in the infinitive form as a general statement about the act of congratulating.
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