Translation
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1.speak, talk
speak
Also: talk
Also
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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
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Examples
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- Тони говори́т по-английски лу́чше, чем я. Toni speaks English better than me.
- Почему он не говори́т пра́вду? Why doesn't he tell the truth?
- Том говори́т по-испански, и Бетти тоже. Tom speaks Spanish, and so does Betty.
- Вы говори́те по-французски? Do you speak French?
- Он говори́л с тру́бкой во рту. He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
- Он говори́т как на испа́нском, так и на францу́зском. He speaks Spanish as well as French.
- Как нам сказано в Свяще́нном Кора́не: «Бо́йтесь Алла́ха и говори́те пра́вое сло́во». As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth."
- Иногда мой дед говори́т сам с собой, когда он остаётся один. Sometimes my grandfather talks to himself when left alone.
- Пути́н говори́л, что террори́стов нужно «мочи́ть в сорти́рах». Putin said that terrorists should be ‘soaked in the john’.
- Пожалуйста, не говори́те так быстро. Please don't speak so fast.
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Imperative
| singular | говори́ |
|---|---|
| plural | говори́те |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
Past
| male | говори́л |
|---|---|
| female | говори́ла |
| neuter | говори́ло |
| plural | говори́ли |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | говорю́ | бу́ду говори́ть |
| ты | говори́шь | бу́дешь говори́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | говори́т | бу́дет говори́ть |
| мы | говори́м | бу́дем говори́ть |
| вы | говори́те | бу́дете говори́ть |
| они́ | говоря́т | бу́дут говори́ть |
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