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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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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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Englishman
Also: the English, the British
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Examples
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- Том - типи́чный англича́нин. Tom's a typical Englishman.
- Он был англича́нином. He was English.
- 70% англича́н не говоря́т на иностра́нном языке́. 70% of English people don't speak a second language.
- Англича́не, в основном, консервати́вны. Englishmen are, on the whole, conservative.
- Англича́не, как правило, консервати́вные лю́ди. The English are generally a conservative people.
- Дом англича́нина - его кре́пость. An Englishman's home is his castle.
- Говоря́т, что англича́не — практи́чные лю́ди. The English are said to be a practical people.
- Вы англича́не? Are you English?
- Я слы́шал, нужно вре́мя, чтобы подружи́ться с англича́нами. I hear it takes time to make friends with the English people.
- Наполео́н звал англича́н на́цией купцо́в. Napoleon called the English a nation of shopkeepers.
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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