они занимают

occupy, take up

z ə nʲ ɪ m a j ʊ t → занимать

за begin, complete, or move into/behind + нима occupy; engage in + ют 3rd person plural present

verb · third plural · present indicative Rare #30,126

occupy, take up

RU: Эти книги занимают много места.

EN: These books take up a lot of space.

Conjugation of занимать

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
Third	занимает	занимают

Sorry, training takes a lot of time.

— Рома (2018)

Things like this often take a long time.

Of course they do!

— Жертвоприношение (1986)

They are busy!

— Жертвоприношение (1986)

I never thought you worried about problems like that.

— Жертвоприношение (1986)

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