how to pronounce правда

/ˈpravdə/

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правда is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… время для нее и правда вот там где есть …”

meanings of правда

noun:

Justice.
Truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts).

interjection:

Is that so?.
Sure enough, indeed, actually, as a matter of fact, in point of fact.

conjunction:

Though, however, but.
Admittedly.

name:

Pravda ("The Truth") was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991. Now defunct.

правда frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word правда occurs in russian on average 335.5 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.