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American
Also: Yankee, Yank
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- Двое мужчи́н, сидящих на скаме́йке, бы́ли америка́нцами. The two men sitting on the bench were Americans.
- Мы не америка́нцы. We are not Americans.
- Твой колле́га америка́нец? Is your coworker an American?
- В настоящее вре́мя около 31 миллио́на америка́нцев уже перешагну́ли шестидесятипятилетний рубе́ж. At present there are about 31 million Americans over the age of sixty-five.
- Он америка́нец азиа́тского происхожде́ния. He's an Asian-American.
- Мно́гие америка́нцы поддержа́ли Никсона. Many Americans supported Nixon.
- Мы при́няли его за америка́нца. We took him for an American.
- Америка́нцы - очень дружелю́бные лю́ди. Americans are very friendly people.
- Я не америка́нец. I'm not an American.
- Он америка́нец. He's American.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | америка́нец | америка́нцы |
| gen. genitive | америка́нца | америка́нцев |
| dat. dative | америка́нцу | америка́нцам |
| acc. accusative | америка́нца | америка́нцев |
| inst. instrumental | америка́нцем | америка́нцами |
| prep. prepositional | америка́нце | америка́нцах |
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