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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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Он пишет кни́ги. He writes books.
Я уже зако́нчил э́ту кни́гу. I have already finished this book.
Моя́ тётя подари́ла мне на Рождество́ кни́гу. My aunt gave me a book for Christmas.
Я не могу́ позво́лить тра́тить сорок до́лларов на одну кни́гу! I can't afford $40 for one book!
Гла́вная мысль в кни́ге Деннета, если коротко, заключа́ется в отрица́нии существова́ния вну́треннего психи́ческого состоя́ния. The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.
Я спра́шивал об э́той кни́ге во мно́гих магази́нах. I inquired about the book in many stores.
Па́па купи́л мне кни́ги. Dad bought me books.
У него вдвое больше книг, чем у меня. He has twice as many books as I do.
Э́та кни́га гораздо полезнее, чем та. This book is much more useful than that one.
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.

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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