how to pronounce того

/tɐˈvo/

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того is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… да вот уже из-за того что люди в племя …”

meanings of того

adjective:

Tipsy, drunk.
Not great, not very good.
Taken care of, murdered.
Not right in the head, daft, crazy.

pronoun:

Animate accusative masculine singular.
Genitive masculine/neuter singular.

interjection:

You know, um (a hesitation marker).

name:

Togo (a country in West Africa).

того frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word того occurs in russian on average 1122.4 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.