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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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- Они америка́нцы? Are they American?
- Он америка́нец до мо́зга косте́й. He is an American to the backbone.
- Мы при́няли его за америка́нца. We took him for an American.
- Я америка́нец. I am American.
- На ста́нции со мной заговори́л америка́нец. An American spoke to me at the station.
- Э́та устано́вка, протеста́нтская э́тика труда́, ока́зывает влия́ние на америка́нцев и сего́дня. This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.
- Коренны́е америка́нцы воева́ли с лу́ком и стре́лами. Native Americans fought with bow and arrow.
- Америка́нцы в це́лом разгово́рчивые лю́ди. Americans on the whole are a talkative people.
- Он не америка́нец, он англича́нин. He is not an American but an Englishman.
- Её муж — америка́нец. Her husband is 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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