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

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Derived terms

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Verb

говори́ти • ‎(hovorýty) impf ‎(perfective сказа́ти)

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

Conjugation