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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. 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).
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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1.
begin to speak
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Examples
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- Я заговори́ла. I started talking.
- Том наконец заговори́л. Tom finally spoke.
- Вошли́ па́рень и де́вушка. Я заговори́л с па́рнем, кото́рый показа́лся мне ста́рше, чем де́вушка. A boy and a girl came in. I spoke to the boy, who seemed to be older than the girl.
- Вчера́ в по́езде какой-то иностра́нец заговори́л со мной по-английски. Yesterday a foreigner spoke to me in English on the train.
- Вчера́ в по́езде со мной заговори́л по-английски иностра́нец. Yesterday a foreigner spoke to me in English on the train.
- Том и Мэри заговори́ли одновременно. Tom and Mary spoke at the same time.
- Раз уж мы заговори́ли о Шекспире, вы уже прочита́ли его сочине́ние? Since we've gotten talking about Shakespeare... have you already read his composition?
- Он заговори́л по-английски. He started to speak English.
- Во сколько Том заговори́л? How old was Tom when he started talking?
- Только попро́буй заговори́ть с мое́й де́вушкой. Don't dare to talk to my girlfriend.
Imperative
| singular | заговори́ |
|---|---|
| plural | заговори́те |
Past
| male | заговори́л |
|---|---|
| female | заговори́ла |
| neuter | заговори́ло |
| plural | заговори́ли |
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | заговорю́ |
| ты | - | заговори́шь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | заговори́т |
| мы | - | заговори́м |
| вы | - | заговори́те |
| они́ | - | заговоря́т |
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