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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).
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twelve
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- Он начал учи́ть англи́йский, когда ему бы́ло двенадцать, иначе говоря, когда он поступи́л в сре́днюю шко́лу. He began to learn English when he was twelve years old, that is to say, when he entered junior high school.
- Фе́рмеры пригна́ли в дере́вню пять воло́в, девять коро́в и двенадцать ма́леньких ове́чек; они хоте́ли прода́ть их. The farmers had brought five oxen and nine cows and twelve little sheep to the village; they wanted to sell them.
- Я пошёл спать в двенадцать но́чи вчера́. I went to bed at twelve last night.
- Жил-был коро́ль, и бы́ло у него двенадцать дочере́й. There was once upon a time a king who had twelve daughters.
- Он мо́жет пробежа́ть стометровку за двенадцать секу́нд. He can run a hundred meters in twelve seconds.
- Сейчас почти двенадцать часо́в. It is almost 12 o'clock.
- Я смог переплы́ть ре́ку, когда мне бы́ло двенадцать. I could swim across the river when I was twelve.
- Мне двенадцать. I'm twelve.
- Его го́лос слома́лся, когда ему бы́ло двенадцать лет. His voice broke when he was twelve.
- Стена Ри́ма име́ет двенадцать во́рот. The walls of Rome have twelve gates.
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