how to pronounce почему

/pət͡ɕɪˈmu/

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почему is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… на баре и ворота почему ты их не варишь …”

meanings of почему

adverb:

Why? (on what ground; according to what).

почему frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word почему occurs in russian on average 420 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.