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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 (#744)
often used word (#744)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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role
Also: part, lines
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- Том получи́л награ́ду за лу́чшую мужску́ю роль. Tom won the award for "Best Male Performance."
- Я выступа́л в ро́ли синхро́нного перево́дчика. I acted as a simultaneous interpreter.
- Я игра́ю ва́жную роль. I play an important part.
- Она игра́ла роль фе́и. She acted the part of a fairy.
- Моя́ сестра́ сыгра́ла гла́вную роль. My sister played the leading character.
- Он игра́л в движе́нии ва́жную роль. He played an important role in the movement.
- Нам не ну́жен но́вый вспомога́тельный язы́к, англи́йский уже игра́ет э́ту роль. We do not need a new auxiliary language, the English language already fulfills that role.
- Ему доста́лась роль Гамлета. He was cast as Hamlet.
- Он игра́л акти́вную роль в револю́ции. He played an active part in the revolution.
- Она игра́ла ва́жную роль в э́том прое́кте. She played an important part in this project.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | ро́ль | ро́ли |
| gen. genitive | ро́ли | роле́й |
| dat. dative | ро́ли | роля́м |
| acc. accusative | ро́ль | ро́ли |
| inst. instrumental | ро́лью | роля́ми |
| prep. prepositional | ро́ли | роля́х |
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