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An example use of говорит in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:
“… наследование, прежде чем ты умрешь, и он говорит, что ты знаешь, что мы собираемся …”
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the word говорит occurs in russian on average 277 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.