говорити

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govoriti, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”).

Verb

говорити • (govoriti) impf

1. to make noise
2. to chatter

Conjugation

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorìti, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govoriti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

говори́ти • (hovorýty) impf (perfective поговори́ти)

1. to speak, to talk

   Вона́ завжди́ говори́ла про своє́ коха́ння ― Voná zavždý hovorýla pro svojé koxánnja ― She always talked about her love.

   Яко́ю мо́вою говори́ли в да́вньому Ки́єві? ― Jakóju móvoju hovorýly v dávnʹomu Kýjevi? ― What language did they speak in ancient Kyiv?

2. to tell, to say

Conjugation

Derived terms

• обговори́ти (obhovorýty)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “говорити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “говорити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “говорити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)