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Noun case and plurality
Take a sentence such as Я имею основания ей не верить.
If основания is accusative, then it must be plural. And thus the translation will be: I have reasons not to trust her.
But if основания is genitive, then it must be singular. And thus the…
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How to pronounce the word агнцев (three consonants in row)?
In Второзаконие 32:13-14 I read the word агнец, which appears in genitive plural.
Он вознес его на высоту земли и кормил произведениями полей, и питал его медом из камня и елеем из твердой скалы, маслом коровьим и молоком овечьим, и туком агнцев и…
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Ordinal numbers in russian, what is more natural to you?
When declining ordinal numbers (date). Would nominative or genitive be more natural?
Either пятый день... or "Пятое"?
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Accusative vs. Genitive Case after не иметь
In Отец не имеет прав на ребёнка., прав is in the genitive plural.
But in Все имеют недостатки, но не все - способности., способности is in the accusative plural.
Why is this the case, when both follow иметь and не?
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What is the most direct English equivalent to "халява"?
This word, халява, it is interesting.
Google translate translates it as "freebie", but Russian students use it to describe a situation when they didn't study for a test and get an "A" anyway. "Freebie" doesn't really apply here. Google image search…
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What does дактиль mean in reference to a building?
I am reading Nabokov's short story "Облако, озеро, башня" and I came across this sentence:
"высилась прямо из дактиля в дактиль старинная черная башня"
What is a daktil in this case? I looked it up on wikipedia but there were no meanings of this…
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"Она учит русский язык" или "Она учит русскому языку?"
Правильна ли грамматически фраза "Она учит русский язык". Тут - Use of Dative after учить etc -
прилагательное "русский" склоняется.
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Etymology of the name "Modest" (Модест)
"Modest" is a common Russian name, most famously known as the name of the composer Mussorgsky.
Does the etymology of this name have any relationship to the English/Latin etymology of the word?
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Meaning of "На некоторых страницах метро"
Здравствуйте,
I have a question about a sentence I am working on (see below). What I am a
little puzzled about is the: "пункты на некоторых страницах метро." in
the sentence: "Также есть государственные пункты на некоторых страницах метро."
What…
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Verb was with masculine noum
Why in the following sentence we use
было instead of был, since we're talking about the husband? (Муж in this case).
Жена́ не выходи́ла из свои́х ко́мнат, му́жа тре́тий день не бы́ло до́ма.
English: The wife did not leave her own room, the husband…
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pronunciation of "e"
Please tell me how the written “e” is pronounced. I've checked various online resources and am still not sure about it. I found the following rules:
“e” is pronounced as:
ii – at begin of words, after vowels, after ь, after ъ
i – between consonant…
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Pronunciation of "шь"
Does the rule that "ш" cannot be soft (unpalatalized) apply when it is followed by a soft sign "шь"?
In the famous song "Никого не Будет в Доме" from "Ирнония Судьбы", there's a line
"...из которых хлопья шьют."
Beautiful imagery, but how do you…
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When to use verbs that end with -ась, -ся, -ось and have an argument in dative?
Can someone explain to me in the simplest way when to use -ась, -ся, -ось?
Basically I'm confused in such context as мне (some verb)-ending object
Should this -ending agree with my gender or gender of the object?
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Translating "Sale"
What is the difference between распродажа and акция? When should one be used rather than the other?
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