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говорити

говорити

Old Church Slavonic

Verb

говорити (govoriti)

  1. to make noise
  2. to chatter

Descendants


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govoriti, from Proto-Indo-European *gow(H)- (to call, cry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoʋǒriti/
  • Hyphenation: го‧во‧ри‧ти

Verb

гово̀рити impf (Latin spelling govòriti)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to speak, talk, converse
    говорити енглески — to speak English
    говорити с неким — to speak with somebody
    говорити полако — to speak slowly
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to tell, say
    не знаш што говориш — you don't know what you're saying
    говори се — people say, it is said

Conjugation

Derived terms


Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Verb

говори́ти (hovorýty) impf (perfective сказа́ти)

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

Conjugation