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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#2148)
somewhat often used word (#2148)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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American
Also: Yankee, Yank
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- Больше 20 000 америка́нцев ежегодно стано́вятся же́ртвами уби́йств. More than 20,000 Americans are murdered each year.
- Здесь есть хоть один не америка́нец? Is there anybody who's not an American?
- По акце́нту я по́нял, что он америка́нец. I understood from his accent that he was an American.
- Они америка́нцы? Are they American?
- Он америка́нец азиа́тского происхожде́ния. He's an Asian-American.
- Я америка́нец. I am American.
- Он не америка́нец, он англича́нин. He is not an American but an Englishman.
- Он не похо́ж на америка́нца. He doesn't seem to be an American.
- Вчера́ я встре́тил двух америка́нцев, кото́рые путеше́ствовали на велосипе́дах по Япо́нии. Yesterday I met two Americans who're bicycling through Japan.
- Я не америка́нец. I'm not an 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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