how to pronounce три

/trʲi/

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три is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

rʲ

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

“… и у нас была в общем три теста 1 2 теста …”

meanings of три

numeral:

Three (3).

verb:

Second-person singular imperative imperfective of тере́ть (terétʹ).

три frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word три occurs in russian on average 350.4 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.