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а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

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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).

кни́га

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

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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

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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Examples

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Тебе надо всего лишь переда́ть ему э́ту кни́гу. All you have to do is to hand this book to him.
Ты в после́днее вре́мя чита́л какие-то интере́сные кни́ги? Have you read any interesting books lately?
Я ещё не око́нчил чита́ть кни́гу. I haven't finished reading the book yet.
Ты зако́нчил с кни́гой? Have you done with the book?
Я ви́жу на столе́ кни́гу. I see a book on the desk.
Закро́йте кни́гу. Close the book.
Я нашёл кни́гу ску́чной. I found the book boring.
«Кто написа́л э́ту кни́гу?» — «Джон». Who wrote this book? "John did."
Я прочита́л э́тот расска́з в какой-то кни́ге. I have read that story in some book.
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