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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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American
Also: Yankee, Yank
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- Коренны́е америка́нцы воева́ли с лу́ком и стре́лами. Native Americans fought with bow and arrow.
- Вообще говоря, америка́нцы лю́бят ко́фе. Generally speaking, Americans like coffee.
- Америка́нцы - очень дружелю́бные лю́ди. Americans are very friendly people.
- Большинство́ америка́нцев происхо́дят от иммигра́нтов. Most Americans are descended from immigrants.
- Он не америка́нец, он францу́з. He is not an American but a Frenchman.
- Они америка́нцы? Are they American?
- Двое мужчи́н, сидящих на скаме́йке, бы́ли америка́нцами. The two men sitting on the bench were Americans.
- Я не америка́нец. I'm not an American.
- Они не вы́глядят америка́нцами. They don't seem to be Americans.
- Он америка́нец азиа́тского происхожде́ния. He's an Asian-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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