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кни́га

noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#220)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

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book

Also: volume

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Я начал чита́ть кни́гу. I started reading the book.
Он рад, что его сын лю́бит кни́ги. He is glad about his son's love of books.
Он опубликова́л кни́гу об исто́рии моне́т. He published the book about the history of coins.
У моего́ отца́ много книг. My father has a lot of books.
Из книг, кото́рые стоят в шка́фу, ни в ко́ем слу́чае нельзя вырезать карти́нки. By no means may you cut out the pictures from the books on the bookshelf.
Вы когда-то писали кни́гу? Have you ever written a book?
Како́е у кни́ги назва́ние? What is the title of the book?
«Кто написа́л э́ту кни́гу?» — «Джон». Who wrote this book? "John did."
Я хочу́, чтобы ты верну́л мне кни́гу, кото́рую взял на днях. I want you to return the book I lent you the other day.
Если я прочита́ю э́ту кни́гу еще раз, полу́чится, что я прочита́л ее трижды. If I read this book once more, I shall have read it three times.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	кни́га	кни́ги
gen. genitive	кни́ги	кни́г
dat. dative	кни́ге	кни́гам
acc. accusative	кни́гу	кни́ги
inst. instrumental	кни́гой кни́гою	кни́гами
prep. prepositional	кни́ге	кни́гах