Perfective verbs and time expressions for completed actions in the Russian past: chose, managed, wrote the letter.
написа́ть
to write (pf.) - finish writing
прочита́ть
to read (pf.) - finish reading
пойти́
to go, set off (pf.) - start going on foot
пришли́
(they) arrived, came - past pl. of прийти (pf.)
сказа́ть
to say, tell (pf.) - say once
вы́брать
to choose (pf.) - make a choice
открыть
to open (pf.) - get something open
закры́ть
to close, shut (pf.) - close completely
уви́деть
to see, catch sight of (pf.)
услы́шать
to hear (pf.) - catch a sound
проверить
to check (pf.) - check thoroughly
реши́ть
to decide; to solve (pf.) - reach a decision
помо́чь
to help (pf.) - give help
полу́чить
to receive, get (pf.) - at a specific moment
отпра́вить
to send (pf.) - send off
прибыть
to arrive (pf., formal) - reach the destination
остано́вить
to stop (pf.) - stop something at once
перевести́
to translate; to transfer (pf.) - translate in full
погаси́ть
to put out, extinguish (pf.) - put out completely
поте́ря
loss (fem.) - what was lost
спаса́ть / спасти́
to save, rescue (impf. / pf.) - process vs result
броса́ть / бро́сить
to throw; to quit (impf. / pf.) - ongoing vs completed
щипа́ть / щипну́ть
to pinch (impf. / pf.) - repeated vs one-time action
кида́ть / кину́ть
to throw, toss (impf. / pf.) - process vs result
мешать / помеша́ть
to disturb, hinder (impf. / pf.) - ongoing vs a single interruption
косну́ться
to touch (pf.) - touch once
достигнуть
to reach, achieve (pf.) - attain the goal
понести
to carry, begin carrying; to suffer (a loss) (pf.)
принести
to bring (pf.) - at a specific moment
отве́тить
to answer, reply (pf.) - give one answer
в про́шлом году́
last year - a finished time frame
вчера́
yesterday - the previous day
на про́шлой неде́ле
last week - a finished time frame
в тот день
on that day - specific and finished
ровно в 3 часа́
at exactly 3 o'clock - a point in time
сра́зу
at once, immediately
мгнове́ние
instant, moment (neut.) - a very short span of time
мину́та
minute (fem.) - 60 seconds
час
hour (masc.) - 60 minutes
вре́мя
time (neut.)
моме́нт
moment (masc.) - a specific point in time