noun, female, animate
often used word (#807)
often used word (#807)
Translation
Please do not include annotations (e.g. "medicine" or "colloquially") or hints of usage (e.g. "[Acc.]").
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1.sister
sister
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2.nurse
nurse
Also
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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
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Examples
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- Когда у него пробле́мы, он всегда обраща́ется к свое́й сестре́ за по́мощью. When he is in trouble, he always turns to his sister for help.
- Раньше я игра́л со свое́й сестро́й в па́рке. I used to play with my sister in the park.
- Почти никто не ду́мает, что мы сестры́. Almost no one thinks that we are sisters.
- Мы не мо́жем различи́ть ее и ее мла́дшую сестру́. We cannot distinguish her from her younger sister.
- Когда я впервые уви́дел тебя, я перепу́тал тебя с твое́й сестро́й. I mistook you for your sister when I first saw you.
- Майк и его сестра́ говоря́т по-французски, но по-японски они не говоря́т. Mike and his sister can speak French, but they can't speak Japanese.
- Что ста́ло с твое́й сестро́й? What has become of your sister?
- Племя́нник — э́то сын чьего-либо бра́та или сестры́. A nephew is a son of one's brother or sister.
- Пока он ел пи́ццу, он выводил сестру́ из себя. While eating a pizza he was annoying his sister.
- Моя́ сестра́ слишком маленькая, чтобы ходи́ть в шко́лу. My sister is too young to go to school.
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Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | сестра́ | сёстры |
| gen. genitive | сестры́ | сестёр |
| dat. dative | сестре́ | сёстрам |
| acc. accusative | сестру́ | сестёр |
| inst. instrumental |
сестро́й сестро́ю |
сёстрами |
| prep. prepositional | сестре́ | сёстрах |
Editing declensions: If there are two forms for a word, please separate them by a comma.
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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).
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