Imperfective: отвечать (otvechát')
Perfective: ответить (otvétit')
English Meaning: 1. to answer, to reply 2. to be responsible for, to be accountable for

Word Forms: ответил (otvétil), ответила (otvétila), отвечает (otvecháet), отвечаешь (otvecháesh'), отвечал (otvechál)

Example Sentences:

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"Сколько тебе лет?" - спросил полицейский. "Четырнадцать", - ответил мальчик.
"skól'ko tebé let?" - sprosíl politséĭskiĭ. "chetýrnadtsat'", - otvétil mál'chik.
"How old are you?" asked the policeman. "Fourteen," said the boy.
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Я спросил его три раза, но он не ответил.
ya sprosíl evó tri ráza, no on ne otvétil.
I have asked him three times, but he didn't answer.
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Я ответил на письма, которые получил.
ya otvétil na pis'má, kotórȳe poluchíl.
I answered the letters that I had received.
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