how to pronounce они

/ɐˈnʲi/

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the above transcription of они is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

они is pronounced in two syllables

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nʲ

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

“… вот но а когда они заходят они не просто …”

meanings of они

pronoun:

They.

они frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word они occurs in russian on average 1970.4 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.