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Rules for forming plurals depend on the gender. • Masculine: - ends with a consonant, add «-ы» - ends with «-й» or «-ь», replace with «-и» • Feminine: - ends with «-а», replace with «-ы» - ends with «-я» or «-ь», replace with «-и» • Neuter: - ends with «-о», replace with «-а» - ends with «-е», replace with «-я» There are lots of exceptions and irregular plurals - these are covered in the next topic. |
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Это птицы.
These are birds.
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Это коровы.
These are cows.
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Он студент, и мы тоже студенты.
He is a student, and we are also students
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Вот стол, а там столы.
There is a table here, and there are tables there.
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Театр рядом, а музеи далеко.
The theatre is close by, but the museums are far away.
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Один словарь здесь, а все словари там.
One dictionary is here, but all the dictionaries are over there.
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Все газеты здесь, одна газета там.
All newspapers are here, one newspaper is there.
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Старая машина и новые машины.
The old car and new cars.
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Это не здания, это только одно здание.
Those are not buildings; it is just one building.
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Это груша, а это яблоки.
That is a pear but those are apples.
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Это двери, а это окно.
Those are doors, and that is a window
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Это дверь, а это окна.
That is a door and those are windows.
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Это облака, не туман.
They are clouds, not fog.
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Вот платья.
Here are the dresses.
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Мужчины вон там.
The men are over there.
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Женщины здесь.
The women are here.
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Это лампы.
Those are lamps.
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Это не истории.
These are not stories.
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Это моря, а не океаны.
They are seas, not oceans.
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Вот те здания.
Here are those buildings.
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