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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, male, inanimate
often used word (#427)
often used word (#427)
Noun basics
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Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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sense
Also: meaning, purport
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Examples
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- Он ду́мает, что жизнь в каком-то смы́сле похо́жа на путеше́ствие. He thinks that life is like a voyage in a sense.
- Жизнь без любви́ не име́ет вообще никако́го смы́сла. Life without love is just totally pointless.
- В его слова́х нет смы́сла. His words are meaningless.
- Жизнь без любви́ не име́ет смы́сла. Life without love has no meaning.
- Ни один челове́к не мо́жет сказа́ть, в чём смысл жи́зни, лишь всё челове́чество мо́жет отве́тить на э́тот вопро́с. No one man can answer what's the meaning of life; this question stands before all mankind.
- В э́том нет никако́го чёртового смы́сла. It makes no fucking sense.
- Нет смы́сла жить дальше. There's no point in living any longer.
- Дальше размышля́ть не име́ет смы́сла. It's useless to keep on thinking any more.
- Он не зна́ет, в чем смысл жи́зни. He doesn't know the meaning of life.
- Ему не хвата́ет здра́вого смы́сла. He is lacking in common sense.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | смы́сл | смы́слы |
| gen. genitive | смы́сла | смы́слов |
| dat. dative | смы́слу | смы́слам |
| acc. accusative | смы́сл | смы́слы |
| inst. instrumental | смы́слом | смы́слами |
| prep. prepositional | смы́сле | смы́слах |
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