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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 (#3857)
somewhat often used word (#3857)
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Englishman
Also: the English, the British
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- У англича́н бы́ло больше войск, чем у друго́й стороны. The British had more troops than the other side.
- Он англича́нин. He is an Englishman.
- Говоря́т, что англича́не — практи́чные лю́ди. The English are said to be a practical people.
- Англича́нин, бельги́ец и голла́ндец захо́дят в паб и садя́тся за сто́йку. Ба́рмен: "Не по́нял, э́то что, анекдо́т?" An Englishman, a Belgian and a Dutchman enter a pub and sit down at the counter. Says the barkeeper, "Wait a minute, is this a joke or what?"
- Я ду́мал, он америка́нец, но он оказа́лся англича́нином. I thought he was an American but he turned out to be an Englishman.
- 70% англича́н не говоря́т на иностра́нном языке́. 70% of English people don't speak a second language.
- Англича́нин повёл бы себя иначе. An Englishman would act in a different way.
- Англича́нин бы не употреби́л тако́е сло́во. An Englishman would not use such a word.
- Наполео́н звал англича́н на́цией купцо́в. Napoleon called the English a nation of shopkeepers.
- Он прики́дывался англича́нином, но иностра́нный акце́нт его вы́дал. He pretended to be an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him away.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | англича́нин | англича́не |
| gen. genitive | англича́нина | англича́н |
| dat. dative | англича́нину | англича́нам |
| acc. accusative | англича́нина | англича́н |
| inst. instrumental | англича́нином | англича́нами |
| prep. prepositional | англича́нине | англича́нах |
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