how to pronounce любить

/lʲʉˈbʲitʲ/

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любить is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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bʲ

tʲ

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

“… которые должны ее любить если она их …”

meanings of любить

verb:

To love, to like, to be fond of, to grow fond of (more intensely than нравиться).

любить frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word любить occurs in russian on average 54.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.