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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, animate
somewhat often used word (#4054)
somewhat often used word (#4054)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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Japanese
Also: the Japanese
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Examples
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- Мы, япо́нцы, живём ри́сом. We Japanese live on rice.
- Япо́нцы едя́т три ра́за в день. The Japanese eat three times a day.
- Япо́нцы живу́т на ри́се и ры́бе. The Japanese live on rice and fish.
- Один япо́нец, друго́й италья́нец. One is Japanese and the other is Italian.
- Япо́нцы, в основной ма́ссе, ве́жливы. Japanese people in general are polite.
- Япо́нцы напа́ли на Пёрл-Харбор 7 декабря́ 1941 года. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
- Ты япо́нец? Are you Japanese?
- Япо́нцы снима́ют о́бувь, пе́ред тем как войти́ в дом. The Japanese take off their shoes before entering a house.
- Япо́нец не стал бы де́лать так. A Japanese wouldn't do such a thing.
- Я наде́юсь пое́хать в Япо́нию и победи́ть япо́нцев в маджонг. I hope to go to Japan and beat the Japanese in mahjong.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | япо́нец | япо́нцы |
| gen. genitive | япо́нца | япо́нцев |
| dat. dative | япо́нцу | япо́нцам |
| acc. accusative | япо́нца | япо́нцев |
| inst. instrumental | япо́нцем | япо́нцами |
| prep. prepositional | япо́нце | япо́нцах |
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