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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 basics
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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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cat
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Examples
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- На том сту́ле есть кот. There is a cat on the chair.
- У неё есть бе́лый кот. She has a white cat.
- Э́тот бе́дный кот был почти мёртв от го́лода. This poor cat almost died of hunger.
- Когда на у́лице загреме́л гром и блесну́ла мо́лния, кот пу́лей влете́л под стол. The cat shot under the table when thunder rumbled and lightning flashed outside.
- У меня есть кот и соба́ка. Кот чёрный, а соба́ка белая. I have a cat and a dog. The cat's black and the dog's white.
- Кот спит на сту́ле. The cat is sleeping on the chair.
- Я гляде́л на соба́ку, но, взглянув иначе, уви́дел кота́. I was looking at the dog, but, with another look, it had turned into a cat.
- Они назва́ли свои́х кото́в То́мом и Джерри. They named their cats Tom and Jerry.
- Кот не челове́к. A cat is not a human being!
- То́лстый бе́лый кот сиде́л на стене и смотре́л на них со́нными глаза́ми. A fat white cat sat on a wall and watched them with sleepy eyes.
Declension
Note: Stress change
singular | plural | |
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nom. nominative | кот | коты́ |
gen. genitive | кота́ | кото́в |
dat. dative | коту́ | кота́м |
acc. accusative | кота́ | кото́в |
inst. instrumental | кото́м | кота́ми |
prep. prepositional | коте́ | кота́х |
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anonymous edited translation 2 years ago