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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
often used word (#685)
often used word (#685)
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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.
half
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2.Translation:Example:Info:
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Examples
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- Дай мне полови́ну. Give me half.
- Я собира́юсь ждать до полови́ны тре́тьего. I'm going to wait till 2:30.
- Прогно́з пого́ды говори́т, что за́втра во второй полови́не дня будет дождь. The weather report says it will rain tomorrow afternoon.
- Я съел полови́ну грейпфру́та на за́втрак. I had half a grapefruit for breakfast.
- 27 февраля́ я буду свобо́ден всю втору́ю полови́ну дня. I am free all afternoon on February 27.
- Я ду́мал, мы сказа́ли полови́на тре́тьего. I thought we said 2:30.
- Я полови́ну но́чи не спала. I was up half the night.
- Том пришёл домой в полови́не тре́тьего. Tom arrived home at 2:30.
- Я буду игра́ть в те́ннис во второй полови́не дня. I will play tennis this afternoon.
- Чтобы вы́рыть я́му в метр диа́метром и в два ме́тра глубино́й, у меня ушло́ примерно два с полови́ной часа. It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | полови́на | полови́ны |
| gen. genitive | полови́ны | полови́н |
| dat. dative | полови́не | полови́нам |
| acc. accusative | полови́ну | полови́ны |
| inst. instrumental |
полови́ной полови́ною |
полови́нами |
| prep. prepositional | полови́не | полови́нах |
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