how to pronounce уже

/ʊˈʐɛ/

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уже is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… родила в 15 лет а уже в 16 едва не …”

meanings of уже

adverb:

Comparative degree of у́зкий (úzkij).
Already.
Not anymore, no longer (in a negative sentence).
Comparative degree of у́зко (úzko).

particle:

Emphasises an amount or quantity of something.
Emphasises a certain word or collocation.

noun:

Prepositional singular of уж (už).

уже frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word уже occurs in russian on average 2199 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.