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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
Translation:Example:Info: -
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Examples
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- Он заговори́л по-английски. He started to speak English.
- Том не осме́лился заговори́ть с Машей. Tom didn't have the courage to speak to Mary.
- Я заговори́л пе́рвым. I was the first to begin speaking.
- Том заговори́л с Мэри. Tom started talking with Mary.
- Он много раз пыта́лся с ней заговори́ть. He tried to talk to her time and time again.
- «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 подожда́л, пока она заговори́т. I waited for her to speak.
- Только попро́буй заговори́ть с мое́й де́вушкой. Don't dare to talk to my girlfriend.
- Во сколько Том заговори́л? How old was Tom when he started talking?
- Он был готов заговори́ть. He was about to speak.
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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