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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
Gender:
Is it living?:
Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):
Translation
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cat
Also: grapnel, drag, climbing-irons
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Examples
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- Они цапаются как ко́шка с соба́кой. They fight like cat and dog.
- Э́то ко́шка или соба́ка? Is it a cat or a dog?
- У меня есть ко́шка и соба́ка. Ко́шка чёрная, а соба́ка белая. I have a cat and a dog. The cat's black and the dog's white.
- На ку́хне ко́шка. There is a cat in the kitchen.
- Если можно сказа́ть, что тигр - э́то большая ко́шка, то можно сказа́ть, что и ко́шка - э́то ма́ленький тигр. If one can say that a tiger is a big cat, one can also say that a cat is a small tiger.
- Ко́шка на сту́ле или под сту́лом? Is the cat on or under the chair?
- Твоя́ ко́шка от меня пря́чется. Your cat is hiding from me.
- Э́то не ко́шка. Э́то соба́ка. It's not a cat. It's a dog.
- Ко́шка игра́ла с живо́й мы́шкой. The cat was playing with a live mouse.
- У него есть белая ко́шка. He has a white cat.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nom. nominative | ко́шка | ко́шки |
gen. genitive | ко́шки | ко́шек |
dat. dative | ко́шке | ко́шкам |
acc. accusative | ко́шку | ко́шек |
inst. instrumental |
ко́шкой ко́шкою |
ко́шками |
prep. prepositional | ко́шке | ко́шках |
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ghen edited noun basics 2 weeks ago