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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, neuter, inanimate
often used word (#616)
often used word (#616)
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knee
Also: elbow, joint, node, bend, generation, tribe, figure, part of a piece of music or a song
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- Она чу́вствовала, как дрожа́т её коле́ни. She could feel her knees shaking.
- Вста́ньте на коле́ни. Get on your knees.
- Мария стоя́ла на коле́нях. Mary was kneeling.
- Он вы́стрелил ему в коле́но. He shot him in the knee.
- Том встал на коле́ни. Tom knelt down.
- Я уши́б коле́но. I bumped my knee.
- Поскольку его руки бы́ли за́няты, Том откры́л дверь коле́ном. Since his hands were full, Tom pushed open the door with his knee.
- Он упа́л на коле́ни. He dropped to his knees.
- Том опусти́лся на одно коле́но и попроси́л Мэри вы́йти за него замуж. Tom got down on one knee and asked Mary to marry him.
- Она опусти́лась на коле́ни, чтобы помоли́ться. She went down on her knees to pray.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | коле́но | коле́ни |
| gen. genitive | коле́на | коле́ней |
| dat. dative | коле́ну | коле́ням |
| acc. accusative | коле́но | коле́ни |
| inst. instrumental | коле́ном | коле́нями |
| prep. prepositional | коле́не | коле́нях |
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