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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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Я начал писать кни́гу. I started to write a book.
Я могу́ одолжи́ть э́ту кни́гу? May I borrow this book?
Я уже зако́нчил э́ту кни́гу. I have already finished this book.
Я спра́шивал об э́той кни́ге во мно́гих магази́нах. I inquired about the book in many stores.
Он опубликова́л кни́гу об исто́рии моне́т. He published the book about the history of coins.
Не все кни́ги стоит чита́ть. Not all the books are worth reading.
Что случи́лось с кни́гой, кото́рую я вчера́ здесь положи́л? What has become of the book I put here yesterday?
Ты зако́нчил с кни́гой? Have you done with the book?
После́дняя глава́ э́той кни́ги. The last chapter of this book.
На то, чтобы прочита́ть э́ту кни́гу, уйдёт около неде́ли. It'll take a week or so to read through this book.

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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