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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, inanimate
very often used word (#181)
very often used word (#181)
Noun basics
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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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1.
minute
Also: moment
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Examples
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- Мои́ часы спешат на две мину́ты. My watch is two minutes fast.
- Почему бы тебе не задержа́ться на мину́ту? Why don't you stay a minute?
- Шко́ла располо́жена в нескольких мину́тах ходьбы́ от моего́ дома. The school is within walking distance of my house.
- Подожди́те мину́ту. Я хочу́ вам кое-что рассказа́ть. Wait a minute. I want to tell you something.
- Наша шко́ла в десяти мину́тах ходьбы́ отсюда. Our school is ten minutes' walk from here.
- В мину́те 60 секу́нд. There are sixty seconds in a minute.
- Я не мог отвести́ глаз от вас с той самой мину́ты, как вошел в э́ту ко́мнату. I couldn't take my eyes off of you from the minute I entered this room.
- Я опозда́л на по́езд на две мину́ты. I missed the train by two minutes.
- Он пробыл под водо́й три мину́ты. He was underwater for three minutes.
- Потому что всего одна мину́та стоит почти четыре фу́нта. Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | мину́та | мину́ты |
| gen. genitive | мину́ты | мину́т |
| dat. dative | мину́те | мину́там |
| acc. accusative | мину́ту | мину́ты |
| inst. instrumental |
мину́той мину́тою |
мину́тами |
| prep. prepositional | мину́те | мину́тах |
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