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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 (#499)
often used word (#499)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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1.
cause
Also: reason, motive
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- Причи́на происше́ствия - по́лная зага́дка. The cause of the accident is a complete mystery.
- Подсудимый был признан невино́вным по причи́не невменя́емости. The defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- Он не хо́чет разгова́ривать со мной сейчас, и я не зна́ю причи́ны. He doesn't want to talk to me now, and I don't know why.
- Причи́ной его сме́рти была́ автоавария. The cause of his death was a car accident.
- Назови́те мне причи́ну его увольне́ния. Tell me the reason why he was fired.
- Нет причи́ны говори́ть мне "как дела?", если тебе нечего больше сказа́ть. There's no point telling me "Hi, how are you?" if you have nothing else to say.
- Никогда не пропуска́й шко́лу без уважи́тельной причи́ны. Never stay away from school without good cause.
- Для определе́ния причи́н происше́ствия была́ сформирована сле́дственная коми́ссия. A fact-finding committee was set up to determine the cause of the incident.
- Вот что ста́ло причи́ной его неуда́чи. That's the cause of his failure.
- У Тома не бы́ло причи́н серди́ться. Tom had no reason to be angry.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | причи́на | причи́ны |
| gen. genitive | причи́ны | причи́н |
| dat. dative | причи́не | причи́нам |
| acc. accusative | причи́ну | причи́ны |
| inst. instrumental |
причи́ной причи́ною |
причи́нами |
| prep. prepositional | причи́не | причи́нах |
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