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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).

заня́тие

noun, neuter, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#1355)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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occupation

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pursuit

Also: employment, work, business, seizure, studies, lessons, pastime

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Examples

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На како́е заня́тие вы тра́тите большую часть своего́ вре́мени? What activity do you spend most of your time doing?
Профе́ссор вы́звал Джона на ковёр за пропуски заня́тий. The professor scolded John for skipping class.
Во сколько у вас зака́нчиваются заня́тия? What time does your class end?
Заня́тия начина́ются в сле́дующий вто́рник. Classes begin next Tuesday.
Шко́льные заня́тия начина́ются со сле́дующего понеде́льника. School will start next Monday.
Фома е́здит на заня́тия на по́езде. Tom commutes to school by train.
У тебя вообще не быва́ет заня́тий или что? You never have class or what?!
Некоторые студе́нты пренебрега́ют заня́тиями в уго́ду спо́рту. Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.
Сего́дня он опозда́л на заня́тие. Но он в це́лом неплохо́й студе́нт. Today he was late for his class. But he is, on the whole, a satisfactory student.
Я сча́стлив, потому что с сего́дняшнего дня у нас в шко́ле не будет заня́тий до сентября́. I'm happy because starting today, we don't have any school until September.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	заня́тие	заня́тия
gen. genitive	заня́тия	заня́тий
dat. dative	заня́тию	заня́тиям
acc. accusative	заня́тие	заня́тия
inst. instrumental	заня́тием	заня́тиями
prep. prepositional	заня́тии	заня́тиях