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колле́га
noun, masculine & feminine, animate
Somewhat often used word (top 2,000)
colleague
could be male or female
Usage info
Personal designation in which the natural gender dominates the grammatical gender!
In other words, decline the word itself as feminine, but when using prepositions, use the form appropriate to the person referred to. «Мой» коллега referring to a male colleague, «моя» to a female colleague in this nominative example.
Examples
- Я горжу́сь рабо́той, проделанной мои́ми колле́гами.I am proud of the work that has been done by my colleagues.
- Я поговори́л об э́том со свои́ми колле́гами.I talked to my coworkers about it.
- Обма́нывать колле́г нехорошо.Deceiving your colleagues isn't good.
- Я хоте́л бы пое́хать за грани́цу в компа́нии своего́ колле́ги.I would like to travel abroad in company with my colleague.
- Иди́те поговори́те с мои́м колле́гой.Go and speak to my colleague.
- Колле́га, у кото́рой муж францу́з, уе́хала в Пари́ж.The colleague whose husband is French has left for Paris.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom.nominative | колле́га | колле́ги |
| gen.genitive | колле́ги | колле́г |
| dat.dative | колле́ге | колле́гам |
| acc.accusative | колле́гу | колле́г |
| inst.instrumental | колле́гой колле́гою | колле́гами |
| prep.prepositional | колле́ге | колле́гах |
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vern.martin.2 edited usage info and tags 3 weeks ago.
Michel edited tags 1 month ago.
Sandy edited usage info 5 years ago.
