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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, female, inanimate
rarely used word (#8209)
rarely used word (#8209)
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marriage
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- Они поду́мывают о жени́тьбе. They're thinking about getting married.
- Я попыта́лся отговори́ть своего́ дру́га от жени́тьбы. I tried to talk a friend of mine out of getting married.
- Жени́тьба мо́жет быть прекра́сной ве́щью, если два челове́ка понима́ют друг дру́га. Marriage can be a wonderful thing if two people understand each other.
- Он хо́чет подожда́ть до жени́тьбы. He wants to wait until he's married.
- Родители одо́брили твою́ жени́тьбу? Did your parents approve of your marriage?
- Жени́тьба меня́ет люде́й. Marriage changes people.
- До жени́тьбы Том игра́л в футбо́л. Tom used to play football before he got married.
- Жени́тьба - де́ло серьёзное. Marriage is a serious matter.
- После жени́тьбы моё владе́ние япо́нским языко́м улу́чшилось, и я ста́ла больше понима́ть. After I got married, my Japanese got better and I could understand more.
- У однопо́лых пар должна́ быть возмо́жность жени́тьбы. Same-sex couples should be able to get married.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | жени́тьба | жени́тьбы |
| gen. genitive | жени́тьбы | жени́тьб |
| dat. dative | жени́тьбе | жени́тьбам |
| acc. accusative | жени́тьбу | жени́тьбы |
| inst. instrumental | жени́тьбой | жени́тьбами |
| prep. prepositional | жени́тьбе | жени́тьбах |
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