колле́га
noun, masculine & feminine, animate, countable
somewhat often used word (top 2,000)C1similar to Englishfake feminine- 1.
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 поговори́л об э́том со свои́ми колле́гами.I talked to my coworkers about it.
- Чтобы приня́ть уча́стие в управле́нии би́знесом, вам пона́добится кома́ндный дух для рабо́ты со мно́гими колле́гами.What you need to take part in business management is the team spirit to work with many colleagues.
- Я горжу́сь рабо́той, проделанной мои́ми колле́гами.I am proud of the work that has been done by my colleagues.
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 months ago.
Michel edited tags 3 months ago.
Sandy edited usage info 5 years ago.
