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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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- Америка́нцы - очень дружелю́бные лю́ди. Americans are very friendly people.
- Он америка́нец до мо́зга косте́й. He is an American to the backbone.
- Америка́нцы накопи́ли дефици́т торго́вого бала́нса тем, что жи́ли не по сре́дствам. Americans accumulated their trade deficits by living far beyond their means.
- Вообще говоря, америка́нцы лю́бят ко́фе. Generally speaking, Americans like coffee.
- 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.
- Их иссле́дования показа́ли, что америка́нцы не интересу́ются Япо́нией. The research done by them shows that Americans are not interested in Japan.
- Но́вый план не нра́вился америка́нцам. The Americans did not like the new plan.
- Он америка́нец? Is he American?
- Я америка́нец. I am American.
- Твой колле́га америка́нец? Is your coworker 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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