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TwitterA while ago I published a post telling about Russian nouns. Since that post became popular I decided to add more Russian language lessons. Right now I will tell more about the feminine gender nouns and their plural number. The bold letters show the stress. JE sound is similar to YE in YES, hence JA is YA, JO is YO, JU is YU. I decided to use J in these cases because I will use Y as Ы letter. Ы sounds like I in FISH, Russian I is softer, like YI in YIELD. ZH is like SU in PLEASURE.
Check also the Masculine Gender.
Feminine Nouns:
1. End on -А (-A) / -Я (-JA):
Сестра (sjestra) – sister
Книга (kniga) – book
Улица (ulitsa) – street
Деревня (djerjevnja) – village, country
Песня (pjesnja) – song
2. End on -Ь ( ‘ – soft sign):
Мать (mat’) – mother
Дочь (doch’) – daughter
Ночь (noch’) – night
Осень (osjen’) – autumn
Любовь (ljubov’) – love
The Plural Number Of The Feminine Gender
If the feminine noun ends on А that goes after Г/К (G/K), Ж/Ш (ZH/SH), Ч/Щ (CH/SHCH), Х (H) or if the nouns ends on -Я (-JA), -Ь (soft sign), then the last А, Я (JA) or Ь (soft sign) is replaced with И (I). If А goes after another consonant, it’s replaced with Ы (Y) (check the masculine gender plural number rules).
Attn: A number of words ending on A (A) or Я (YA) but may belong to either masculine or feminine gender (depends on whom they are referring to).
Плакса (plaksa) – crybaby
Пьяница (p’janitsa) – drunkard
Сирота (sirota) – orphant
Убийца (ubijtsa) – killer, murderer
Умница (umnitsa) – clear head, clever man/woman
Неряха (nerjaha) – sloven
| Книга – книги
Неряха – неряхи Деревня – деревни Песня – песни Улица – улицы Сестра – сёстры |
Kniga – knigi
Nerjaha – nerjahi Djerjevnja – djerjevni Pjesnja – pjesni Ulitsa – ulitsy Sjestra – sjostry |
Book – books
Sloven Village – villages Song – songs Street – streets Sister – sisters |
If masculine nouns end on -А (-A) / -Я (-JA) their plural number rule will be similar to identical feminine nouns' one.
| Дедушка – дедушки
Папа – папы Дядя – дяди Мужчина – мужчины Глава – главы Судья – судьи |
Djedushka – djedushki
Papa – papy Djadja – djadi Muzhchina – muzhchiny Glava – glavy Sud’ja – sud’i |
Grandpa – grandpas
Dad – dads Uncle – uncles Man – men Header – headers Judge – judges |
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