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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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- Мой дед был уби́т во Второй мирово́й войне́. My grandfather was killed in World War II.
- Они снабжа́ли жертв войны едо́й. They supplied the war victims with food.
- Вы, однако же, не мо́жете сказа́ть, что цивилиза́ция не развива́ется, так как в ка́ждой но́вой войне́ вас убива́ют по-новому. You can't say that civilization doesn't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
- Как только вспы́хнет война́, обе стороны непра́вы. Once a war breaks out, both sides are in the wrong.
- Ты за или против войны? Are you for the war or against it?
- Германия не хоте́ла войны с Соединёнными Шта́тами. Germany did not want war with the United States.
- Война́ дли́лась два года. The war lasted two years.
- Он потеря́л двух сынове́й на войне́. He lost two sons in the war.
- Молодёжь бо́льшей ча́стью не зна́ет у́жасов войны. Most young people don't know the terror of war.
- Мой де́душка был солда́том во вре́мя войны. My grandfather was a soldier during the war.
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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