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Russian animacy

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Russian ns, prons, adjs & nums decline in gender: m, f, n; number: s, p & case: n, g, d, a, i, p. Adv, conj, interj, prep stay the same. Verbs: 3 ten, 2 asp; asp pairs are formed: via pref, suf & lex. Beware of verbs of position and motion!

Humans

All nouns denoting humans are animate in Russian language:

Animals

All nouns denoting animals are animate in Russian language:

Things

Some nouns denoting creatures, things or bodies are animate in Russian language:

Some nouns denoting things or bodies are inanimate in Russian language:

Some nouns denoting creatures, things or bodies can be animate and inanimate:

  • Дети поприветствовали робота, а робот поприветствовал их.
  • Нам на завод установили новый промышленный робот.

How to denote gender of animate nouns

Gender of humans and animals

гусь - гусыня, бык - корова, курица - петух

Attention!

  • Наш любимый Костя здесь. Ура!
  • Где же мой батюшка?
  • Мой деда самый лучший!

Ending of the noun

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

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