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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, feminine, inanimate
somewhat often used word
somewhat often used word
Noun basics
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Translation
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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joke
Also: jet, trick, prank, jest, farce
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Examples
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- Сейчас не вре́мя для дура́цких шу́ток. This isn't the time for stupid jokes.
- Он не по́нял её шу́тку. He did not understand her joke.
- Том хихи́кнул, когда услы́шал шу́тку Маши́. Tom chuckled when he heard Mary's joke.
- Ни одно животное не строит прекра́сные це́ркви, не игра́ет в те́ннис, не расска́зывает шу́тки, не пишет пе́сни и не посеща́ет Луну́. No animal builds beautiful churches, plays tennis, tells jokes, writes songs or visits the moon.
- Францу́зу, например, мо́жет показа́ться тру́дным смея́ться над ру́сской шу́ткой. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
- Я не могу́ не смея́ться над э́той шу́ткой. I cannot help laughing at the joke.
- От его шу́тки все рассмея́лись. His joke set everyone laughing.
- Пе́ред нача́лом свое́й ре́чи Том отпусти́л не́сколько шу́ток. Tom cracked several jokes before beginning his speech.
- Том усмехну́лся, когда услы́шал шу́тку Маши́. Tom chuckled when he heard Mary's joke.
- Я не по́нял э́той шу́тки. I didn't understand this joke.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nom. nominative | шу́тка | шу́тки |
gen. genitive | шу́тки | шу́ток |
dat. dative | шу́тке | шу́ткам |
acc. accusative | шу́тку | шу́тки |
inst. instrumental |
шу́ткой шу́ткою |
шу́тками |
prep. prepositional | шу́тке | шу́тках |