how to pronounce занимать

/zənʲɪˈmatʲ/

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занимать is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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tʲ

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An example use of занимать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… то они по объему занимать такое место ну …”

meanings of занимать

verb:

To reserve, to secure, to keep.
To employ, to busy.
To borrow.
To occupy, to take up.
To interest, to engross.

занимать frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word занимать occurs in russian on average 8.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.