Gender in Russian
Russian Nouns of Common Gender
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Did you know that some Russian nouns can be both masculine and feminine? They end in а or я and are declined as if they were feminine, but the adjectives, pronouns,...
Russian masculine nouns ending in -ь
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Did you know that there are Russian masculine nouns ending in -ь? These are: 1) all months ending in -ь январь, февраль, апрель, июнь, июль, сентябрь, октябрь, ноябрь, декабрь Сентябрь - мой любимый месяц! September...
Russian feminine nouns ending in -ь
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Did you know that there are Russian feminine nouns ending in -ь? These are: 1) All nouns ending in -ость: радость, возможность, etc. Это прекрасная возможность! This is an excellent possibility! 2) Nouns ending in -бь,...
Gender of words borrowed from other languages
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Do you know how do know the gender of loanwords in Russian? As any other language, Russian has borrowed a lot of words from other languages. Usually, these words do...
‘Мой коллега’ or ‘моя коллега’?
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In fact, both forms are correct, because the word ‘коллега’ is a sort of a hermaphrodite. That means that the word can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender...
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As we mentioned in the previous post, common gender nouns are masculine if they refer to males, or feminine if they refer to females. They are always animate nouns that...
