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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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- Он америка́нец до мо́зга косте́й. He is an American to the backbone.
- Америка́нцы - очень дружелю́бные лю́ди. Americans are very friendly people.
- На ста́нции со мной заговори́л америка́нец. An American spoke to me at the station.
- Мы при́няли его за америка́нца. We took him for an American.
- Он америка́нец. He's American.
- Мы не америка́нцы. We are not Americans.
- Они америка́нцы? Are they American?
- Америка́нцы избра́ли ми́стера Клинтона президе́нтом. The American people elected Mr. Clinton President.
- Америка́нцы в це́лом разгово́рчивые лю́ди. Americans on the whole are a talkative people.
- Америка́нцы накопи́ли дефици́т торго́вого бала́нса тем, что жи́ли не по сре́дствам. Americans accumulated their trade deficits by living far beyond their means.
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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