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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, masculine, inanimate
very rarely used word (top 20000)
very rarely used word (top 20000)
Noun basics
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Translation
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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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basketball
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Usage Info
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Examples
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- Два года назад я совсем не уме́л игра́ть в баскетбо́л. Two years ago I could not play basketball at all.
- Я люблю́ игра́ть в баскетбо́л. I love playing basketball.
- Ты ничего не зна́ешь о баскетбо́ле, не пра́вда ли? You don't know anything about basketball, do you?
- Мы говори́ли о баскетбо́ле. We talked about basketball.
- Два года назад я вообще не мог игра́ть в баскетбо́л. Two years ago I could not play basketball at all.
- Тебе нра́вится баскетбо́л? Do you like basketball?
- Он порва́л икроножную мы́шцу, играя в баскетбо́л. He tore his calf muscle playing basketball.
- Том смотре́л баскетбо́л по телеви́зору. Tom was watching a basketball game on TV.
- Я не люблю́ баскетбо́л. I don't like basketball.
- Баскетбо́л — э́то очень весело. Basketball is a lot of fun.
Declension
This noun exists in singular form only
singular | plural | |
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nom. nominative | баскетбо́л | - |
gen. genitive | баскетбо́ла | - |
dat. dative | баскетбо́лу | - |
acc. accusative | баскетбо́л | - |
inst. instrumental | баскетбо́лом | - |
prep. prepositional | баскетбо́ле | - |