Он часто врёт.

In this word, the correct pronunciation is врёт with ё: vr-yot.

Russian often omits the two dots over ё in everyday writing, so you may see врет, but it is still usually meant to be read as врёт here. For learners, it is very helpful to remember the ё, because:

• ё is always stressed
• it changes the pronunciation
• it helps you recognize the verb form

So in careful learner-friendly spelling, врёт is best.

The infinitive is врать, meaning to lie.

This sentence uses the 3rd person singular form:

• я вру — I lie
• ты врёшь — you lie
• он/она врёт — he/she lies
• мы врём — we lie
• вы врёте — you lie
• они врут — they lie

This is a useful verb to memorize as a whole set, because its forms are not fully predictable from the infinitive.

This is just part of the verb’s conjugation pattern. Russian has a number of common verbs with stem changes, and врать is one of them.

Compare:

• infinitive: врать
• 1st person singular: вру
• 2nd person singular: врёшь
• 3rd person singular: врёт

So the stem changes from вра- in the infinitive to вр- / вру- / врё- in the present tense forms.

It is best learned by memorizing the present-tense pattern rather than trying to build it mechanically from the infinitive.

Yes, врёт is present tense.

In this sentence, the adverb часто (often) shows a habitual/repeated action, so English usually translates it as:

• He often lies.

rather than:

• He is often lying.

Russian present tense can cover both simple present and present continuous meanings, and context tells you which one is intended. Here, часто makes it clearly habitual.

Часто is an adverb meaning often. It modifies the verb врёт.

In Он часто врёт, it sits before the verb, which is a very natural position in Russian.

You can move it around for emphasis, for example:

• Он часто врёт. — neutral
• Часто он врёт. — more marked; emphasizes often
• Он врёт часто. — possible, but less neutral in everyday speech

So the given word order is the most normal one for a basic statement.

Yes, very often.

Russian can drop subject pronouns when the verb form already makes the subject clear from context. So:

• Часто врёт.

can mean He often lies, She often lies, or even It often lies, depending on context.

The sentence includes он because the speaker wants to make the subject explicit, clarify who is being talked about, or simply because the context allows it naturally.

A rough pronunciation is:

on CHAS-ta vryot

More carefully:

• Он — on
• часто — CHAS-ta
• врёт — vryot

A few notes:

• ч sounds like ch in chop
• ё sounds like yo
• вр at the start of врёт may feel awkward at first; Russian allows that consonant cluster

The stress is:

• Он ча́сто врёт
• stress on the first syllable of часто
• stress on ё in врёт

They are close in meaning, but not identical in tone.

• врать is very common in everyday speech
• лгать also means to lie, but often sounds more formal, literary, or serious

So in ordinary conversation, Он часто врёт sounds very natural.

Compare:

• Он часто врёт. — everyday, common
• Он часто лжёт. — more formal/bookish

A learner will hear врать much more often in casual spoken Russian.

Врать is imperfective.

That makes sense because часто describes a repeated or habitual action, and Russian normally uses the imperfective for that:

• Он часто врёт. — He often lies.

If you wanted a perfective verb, you would usually be talking about a single completed act of lying, not a general habit.

A common perfective partner is соврать:

• Он соврал. — He lied. / He told a lie.

So:

• врать = ongoing, repeated, habitual
• соврать = one completed instance

Yes, sometimes врать can have a broader colloquial sense than just deliberate lying.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• to lie
• to make things up
• to talk nonsense
• sometimes even to be wrong in an informal way

But in a simple sentence like Он часто врёт, the most natural interpretation is still He often lies.

Context determines whether it is about deliberate dishonesty or just saying untrue things.

Yes, very normal.

Russian often expresses things compactly:

• subject: Он
• adverb: часто
• verb: врёт

That is already a complete sentence. Russian does not need articles like a or the, and it does not need an extra helping verb like English sometimes does.

So Он часто врёт is short, natural, and fully complete.