Я был в туалете дважды.

Был is the past tense of быть (to be).

• Я был = I was
• Я есть is generally not used in normal modern Russian to mean I am

So Я был в туалете дважды means I was in the toilet/bathroom twice.

In present tense, Russian usually just omits to be:

• Я дома = I am at home
• not normally Я есть дома

Yes — it depends on the speaker’s gender.

In the past tense, Russian verbs agree with gender in the singular:

• Я был = I was (said by a man)
• Я была = I was (said by a woman)

So this sentence as written suggests the speaker is male. A female speaker would say:

• Я была в туалете дважды.

Because this sentence expresses location, not motion.

Russian often uses:

• в + accusative = into / to a place, when there is movement
• в + prepositional = in / inside / at a place, when talking about location

Compare:

• Я пошёл в туалет. = I went to the bathroom.
  (movement)
• Я был в туалете. = I was in the bathroom.
  (location)

So в туалете is correct here because the meaning is I was in the bathroom, not I went into it.

Because after в with the meaning in/at, the noun usually takes the prepositional case.

The noun туалет changes like this:

• nominative: туалет
• prepositional: в туалете

This is a normal pattern for many masculine nouns:

• в доме = in the house
• в классе = in the classroom
• в туалете = in the bathroom/toilet

Дважды means twice.

It is an adverb of frequency:

• однажды = once / one day (depending on context)
• дважды = twice
• трижды = three times

So:

• Я был в туалете дважды. = I was in the bathroom twice.

Yes, absolutely.

These are both natural:

• Я был в туалете дважды.
• Я был в туалете два раза.

In many everyday situations, два раза may sound a bit more conversational and common, while дважды can sound slightly more compact or formal depending on context. But both are correct and natural.

Yes, Russian word order is fairly flexible.

The neutral order here is:

• Я был в туалете дважды.

But you could also hear:

• Я дважды был в туалете.
• Дважды я был в туалете.

The basic meaning stays the same, but the emphasis changes a little:

• Я был в туалете дважды = neutral
• Я дважды был в туалете = emphasizes twice
• Дважды я был в туалете = stronger focus on twice, often stylistic or contrastive

Yes, often it can.

Because the verb form already tells you person and number, Russian often leaves out the subject pronoun when it is understood:

• Был в туалете дважды.

This can sound natural in conversation if the subject is clear from context.

However, in isolation, Я был в туалете дважды is the safest full sentence for a learner.

It most often means in the toilet / in the restroom / in the bathroom, depending on context.

The Russian word туалет can refer to the room used as a toilet/restroom. In English, the best translation depends on situation and dialect:

• British English: often toilet
• American English: often bathroom or restroom

So don’t translate too mechanically every time. The Russian phrase is normal and idiomatic.

Russian has no articles.

So туалет can mean:

• a toilet
• the toilet
• a bathroom
• the bathroom

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why в туалете can be translated in English in different ways depending on the situation.

Literally, it says the speaker was in the bathroom twice.

It focuses on being there, not specifically on the motion of going there. But in real life, English may sometimes interpret this as roughly I went to the bathroom twice, depending on context.

If you want to emphasize the action of going, Russian would more naturally use a verb of motion, for example:

• Я дважды ходил в туалет. = I went to the bathroom twice.

So:

• Я был в туалете дважды = I was in the bathroom twice
• Я дважды ходил в туалет = I went to the bathroom twice

It is pronounced dvazh-dy, with the stress on the first syllable:

• двАжды

A rough pronunciation guide:

• два sounds like dva
• жды is harder for English speakers, roughly like zhdy

The жд cluster may feel difficult at first, but it is normal in Russian. Try saying it slowly first:

• двА-жды