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noun, male, animate
rarely used word (#6440)
rarely used word (#6440)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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cockroach
Also: black-beetle
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- Тарака́ны - насеко́мые. Cockroaches are insects.
- Мэри уби́ла тарака́на босоно́жкой. Maria killed the cockroach with a sandal.
- Как вы уби́ли тарака́на? How did you kill the cockroach?
- Днём тарака́ны пря́чутся. Cockroaches hide themselves during the day.
- Мэри уби́ла тарака́на боти́нком. Mary killed the cockroach with a shoe.
- Я поспо́рил на $100 с другом, что он не ста́нет есть живо́го тарака́на. Я проигра́л! I bet my friend $100 that he wouldn't eat a live cockroach. I lost!
- Её интересу́ют только рыбы и тарака́ны. She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.
- Когда де́ло дохо́дит до тарака́нов, я становлю́сь тру́сом. I'm a coward when it comes to cockroaches.
- Не могу́ пове́рить, что ты фотографи́руешь тарака́нов. I can't believe you're taking pictures of cockroaches.
- На ку́хне много тарака́нов. There are many cockroaches in the kitchen.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | тарака́н | тарака́ны |
| gen. genitive | тарака́на | тарака́нов |
| dat. dative | тарака́ну | тарака́нам |
| acc. accusative | тарака́на | тарака́нов |
| inst. instrumental | тарака́ном | тарака́нами |
| prep. prepositional | тарака́не | тарака́нах |
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