"Мой друг часто теряет книги."

Translation: My friend often loses books.

[xO.Lx]

Well, that friend is a monster.

[CathyFranc6]

Strong words, but fair.

[swallama]

Is теряет strictly in the sense of losing an item? Or can it also mean losing a game?

[stanpol]

Nope, теряет could be used for losing items, persons (when he/she dies) or wasting time, but not for losing a game.

[TFG]

Stop lending them to him

[Rebekah182117]

My words exactly, TFG.

[freiling]

What's the difference in pronunciation between ет and яет? Теряет sounds like терет.

[sebool112]

I think that's because it's being pronounced fast. Just like "kind of" often becomes "kinda" in spoken English.

[Randonneur3]

Maybe the audio voice has changed: I definitely hear the stressed я́, but I hear the р before hardened (normally) like д.

[JewishPolyglot]

Can часто also mean "always?"

[stanpol]

Часто means frequently, it comes from частота = frequency.

Always = всегда.

[JewishPolyglot]

Thanks!

[R_Andersson]

Couldn’t this also be translated as ‘My friend often loses his book’? Isn’t свои intended?

[P-Code]

This friend does not sound very trustworthy...

[YeasternBloc]

The slow audio on теряет is comically misleading.

[dedpan]

Is there an expression in Russian similar to "forever losing" - as in "My friend is forever losing books"? Is that closer to "always" than it is to "often"?

[DazelGuudFoxah]

This is a nightmare for the librarian/booklovers.