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noun, feminine, inanimate
daily used word
daily used word
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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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war
Also: warfare
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Examples
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- Холо́дная война́ начала́сь после Второй мирово́й войны. The Cold War began after the Second World War.
- Никто не предска́жет, когда зако́нчится война́. Nobody can foresee when the war will end.
- Война́ дли́лась почти десять лет. The war lasted nearly ten years.
- Лю́ди боя́тся войны. The people fear war.
- Преподава́тель сказа́л, что Втора́я мировая война́ разрази́лась в 1939 году. The teacher said that World War II broke out in 1939.
- Мой де́душка был солда́том во вре́мя войны. My grandfather was a soldier during the war.
- Он был ра́нен на войне́. He was wounded in the war.
- Япо́ния вступи́ла в сою́з с Фра́нцией незадолго до войны. Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.
- Они снабжа́ли жертв войны едо́й. They supplied the war victims with food.
- Германия не хоте́ла войны с Соединёнными Шта́тами. Germany did not want war with the United States.
Declension
Note: Stress change
singular | plural | |
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nom. nominative | война́ | во́йны |
gen. genitive | войны́ | во́йн |
dat. dative | войне́ | во́йнам |
acc. accusative | войну́ | во́йны |
inst. instrumental |
войно́й войно́ю |
во́йнами |
prep. prepositional | войне́ | во́йнах |