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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, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#1202)
somewhat often used word (#1202)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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inhabitant
Also: resident, dweller
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- Более 60% жи́телей Брита́нии подде́рживают акти́вными страни́чки в Фейсбуке. More than 60% of people in Britain maintain an active Facebook profile.
- Жи́телям не разреша́лось наруша́ть грани́цу владения. It was not permitted that the inhabitants trespass in the area.
- Том и Мэри — давние жи́тели Бостона. Tom and Mary are longtime residents of Boston.
- С то́чки зре́ния сексуа́льной мора́ли жи́тели Се́верной Америки консервативнее европе́йцев. North Americans are more conservative in terms of sexual morality than Europeans.
- У жи́телей Атланти́ды бы́ли передовы́е техноло́гии. The people of Atlantis had advanced technology.
- В э́той стране́ большинство́ жи́телей - мусульма́не сунни́ты. In this country, most of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslims.
- Он знал всех жи́телей города. He was acquainted with everybody in town.
- Некоторые жи́тели после́довали при́нципу «поживём — уви́дим», пока други́е пригото́вились к си́льному наводне́нию. Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.
- Жи́тели дере́вни боя́лись голо́дных медве́дей. The villagers were afraid of the famished bears.
- Жи́тели острова высо́кие и си́льные. The inhabitants of the island are tall and strong.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | жи́тель | жи́тели |
| gen. genitive | жи́теля | жи́телей |
| dat. dative | жи́телю | жи́телям |
| acc. accusative | жи́теля | жи́телей |
| inst. instrumental | жи́телем | жи́телями |
| prep. prepositional | жи́теле | жи́телях |
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