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noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#174)
very often used word (#174)
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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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- Война́ пробужда́ет в челове́ке животное. War arouses the animal in man.
- Война́ не явля́ется неизбе́жностью. The war is not inevitable.
- Я никогда не ве́рил в войны. I have never believed in wars.
- «Быть всегда гото́вым к войне́, — сказа́л Ме́нтор, — са́мый ве́рный спо́соб избежа́ть её». To be always ready for war, said Mentor, is the surest way to avoid it.
- Мы против войны. We are against war.
- А́нглия однажды была́ разрываема гражда́нской войно́й. England was once torn by civil war.
- Как только вспы́хнет война́, обе стороны непра́вы. Once a war breaks out, both sides are in the wrong.
- Он был ра́нен на войне́. He was wounded in the war.
- Прошло́ почти 50 лет с тех пор, как зако́нчилась Втора́я мировая война́. It has been almost 50 years since World War II ended.
- В докуме́нте сказано, что война́ начала́сь в 1700 г. The document records that the war broke out in 1700.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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