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How do you say "basketball" in Russian?
баскетбол
basketbol
In Russian, "basketball" is баскетбол.
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Pronunciation
Say bahs-kut-BOL. Stress BOL. Three syllables with a hard B, hard S, and hard K.
Writing and usage
Баскетбол is borrowed from English basketball. б-а-с-к-е-т-б-о-л in Cyrillic.
Example sentence
Баскетбол это мой любимый спорт.
Basketball is my favorite sport.
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How to remember баскетбол
Баскетбол is basketball. Picture throwing a ball into a hoop.
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- swimming плавание plavanie
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Questions about баскетбол
How do you say "basketball" in Russian?
In Russian, "basketball" is баскетбол. It is a noun.
How is баскетбол written in Russian?
Баскетбол is borrowed from English basketball. б-а-с-к-е-т-б-о-л in Cyrillic.
How is баскетбол used in a sentence?
Use баскетбол as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Баскетбол это мой любимый спорт. (Basketball is my favorite sport.).
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