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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, female, animate
somewhat often used word (#1389)
somewhat often used word (#1389)
Noun basics
Gender:
Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):
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Translation
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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cat
Also: grapnel, drag, climbing-irons
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Examples
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- Я купи́л в том магази́не ко́шку. I bought a cat at that shop.
- Соба́ка гнала́сь за ко́шкой. The dog ran after the cat.
- Мою канаре́йку уби́ла ко́шка. My canary was killed by a cat.
- На ку́хне ко́шка. There is a cat in the kitchen.
- Она обожа́ет ко́шек. She adores cats.
- Соба́ка бежи́т за ко́шкой, а ко́шка — за мы́шью. A dog runs after a cat, and the cat after a mouse.
- Ко́шка не челове́к! A cat is not a person!
- 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.
- У неё есть соба́ка и шесть ко́шек. She has a dog and six cats.
- Ко́шка? - спроси́л пожило́й мужчи́на. A cat? asked the old man.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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