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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 (#2775)
somewhat often used word (#2775)
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pig
Also: swine, hog, sow, boar
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- Не мечите би́сер пе́ред сви́ньями. Don't cast pears before swine.
- Свинья́! You pig!
- Я обозва́л их жи́рными сви́ньями. I called them fat pigs.
- Все осыпающиеся я́блоки съеда́ют свиньи. All of the apples that fall are eaten by the pigs.
- Том, ты поте́ешь, как свинья́. You're sweating like a pig, Tom.
- Более семидесяти пяти проце́нтов крестья́нских хозя́йств разводи́ли свине́й и моло́чных коро́в. More than 75% of farms raised pigs and milk cows.
- Свиньи не мо́гут управля́ть стра́нами. Pigs cannot run the nations.
- В свина́рнике свинья́. There's a pig in the sty.
- Свинья́ хрю́кает. The pig grunts.
- Коро́ва говори́т "му", пету́х "кукареку", свинья́ "хрю-хрю", у́тка "кря-кря", а ко́шка "мяу". The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | свинья́ | сви́ньи |
| gen. genitive | свиньи́ | свине́й |
| dat. dative | свинье́ | сви́ньям |
| acc. accusative | свинью́ | свине́й |
| inst. instrumental |
свиньёй свиньёю |
сви́ньями |
| prep. prepositional | свинье́ | сви́ньях |
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