Я сижу на диване.

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Breakdown of Я сижу на диване.

• сидеть: to sit
• диван: the couch
• на: into

Questions & Answers about Я сижу на диване.

What verb form is сижу? Which dictionary form does it come from, and is it irregular?

Сижу is the 1st person singular, present tense form of the verb сидеть (to sit, to be sitting).

Full present-tense paradigm of сидеть:

• я сижу – I sit / I am sitting
• ты сидишь – you sit / you are sitting (sg., informal)
• он / она / оно сидит – he / she / it sits / is sitting
• мы сидим – we sit / are sitting
• вы сидите – you sit / are sitting (pl. or polite)
• они сидят – they sit / are sitting

It is slightly irregular because the stem changes:

• dictionary stem: сид- (сидеть)
• 1st person singular stem: сиж- (сижу)

You just have to memorize this pattern for this verb.

Does Я сижу mean “I am sitting” or “I sit”? How does Russian express the English continuous tense?