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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 (#3845)
somewhat often used word (#3845)
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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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Chinese
Also: the Chinese
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- Ты мо́жешь отличи́ть кита́йца от япо́нца? Can you tell a Chinese person from Japanese?
- В США меня часто принима́ли за кита́йца. In the U.S. I was often taken to be Chinese.
- Вы кита́ец? Are you Chinese?
- Я не кита́ец. I'm not Chinese.
- У кита́йцев нет алфави́та. Для ка́ждого слова у них есть свой си́мвол. Chinese people don't have an alphabet. They have a different symbol for every word.
- Кита́йцы много рабо́тают. The Chinese are a hard-working people.
- Кита́йцы - работя́щие лю́ди. The Chinese are a hard-working people.
- Кита́йцы вы́яснили: чем лу́чше их дети зна́ют англи́йский язы́к, тем ме́ньше они употребля́ют в свое́й родно́й ре́чи кита́йскую идиома́тику. The Chinese have found that the better their children know English, the less they use idiomatic expressions in Chinese.
- Они япо́нцы или кита́йцы? Are they Japanese or Chinese?
- Мно́гие кита́йцы счита́ют кра́сный са́мым лу́чшим цве́том. Many Chinese people consider red to be the best colour.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | кита́ец | кита́йцы |
| gen. genitive | кита́йца | кита́йцев |
| dat. dative | кита́йцу | кита́йцам |
| acc. accusative | кита́йца | кита́йцев |
| inst. instrumental | кита́йцем | кита́йцами |
| prep. prepositional | кита́йце | кита́йцах |
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