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Top 100verb, imperfective

говори́ть

[ɡəvɐˈrʲitʲ]to speak, to talk

Frequency rank #45 About 1 in every 340 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
говорить #45

Meaning

  1. to speak, to talk
  2. to say, to tell

Examples

Я говорю́ по-ру́сски.

I speak Russian.

Что она́ говори́т?

What is she saying?

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Forms by frequency

  • говори́лmasculine, singular, past#229
  • говори́тьinfinitive#252
  • говори́тsingular, 3rd person, present#265
  • говорю́singular, 1st person, present#305
  • говори́шьsingular, 2nd person, present#381
  • говори́лаfeminine, singular, past#417
  • говоря́тplural, 3rd person, present#430
  • говори́imperative, singular, 2nd person#518
  • говори́теplural, 2nd person, present#596
  • говори́лиplural, past#631
  • говоря́present, gerund#798
  • говори́мplural, 1st person, present#1,584
  • говоря́щийpresent, participle#24,712
  • говори́лоneuter, singular, past#45,109

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