| Russian | English |
| дом сейчас строится | the house is in process of construction |
| дом строится | the house is building |
| мы жили там, пока строился наш дом | we stayed there while our house was building |
| строить дом | make a home (meaning not actual construction, which would be "build a home/house" Tanya Gesse) |
| строить дом | build a house (a new block of flats, a cottage, a stable, a church, a ship, all kinds of vessels, a dam, etc., и т.д.) |
| строить планы о том, чтобы переехать в другой дом | think about moving to another house (about buying a new piano, about taking her to dinner, about emigrating to Canada, about getting a job, of going tomorrow, of going to Spain for our holiday, of marrying, etc., и т.д.) |
| строить современные дома в глуши | build modern houses in no-man's land |
| этот дом строился под школу | this house was built for a school |
| я предпочитаю не строиться, если можно найти подходящий дом | I'd rather not build if I can find a suitable house |
