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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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- Том прочи́стил го́рло и заговори́л. Tom cleared his throat and began to speak.
- Во сколько Том заговори́л? How old was Tom when he started talking?
- У Тома не хвати́ло ду́ху заговори́ть с Машей. Tom didn't have the courage to speak to Mary.
- Стари́к заговори́л со мной по-французски. The old man spoke to me in French.
- Том тотчас заговори́л. Tom immediately began talking.
- Вчера́ в по́езде со мной заговори́л по-английски иностра́нец. Yesterday a foreigner spoke to me in English on the train.
- Когда она заговори́ла со мной, я не мог себе предста́вить, кто она така́я. I couldn't think who she was when she spoke to me.
- «У меня тако́е чу́вство... — заговори́л Дима, — у меня тако́е чу́вство, что за после́дние 150000 предложе́ний я совсем ничего не сде́лал». I feel like... Dima started to say. "I feel like I haven't done anything for the last 150,000 sentences."
- Я не ду́маю, что Том когда-нибудь ещё со мной заговори́т. I don't think Tom will ever speak to me again.
- Он заговори́л по-английски. He started to speak English.
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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