Russian numbers
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Great news! We have created a new Russian grammar test on numerals especially for advanced level students. Good luck! [mtouchquiz 29]...
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Did you know that, apart from ordinal and cardinal numbers, there are also collective numbers in the Russian language, such as: двое, твое, четверо, пятеро, шестеро, семеро. They are only used...
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Did you know that we use Prepositional (for example, "In the year 1993") and Genitive cases (for example, "In September of the year 1993") to say years in Russian? The...
How to Say "one and a half" in Russian
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Did you know that we have 2 different words to say "one and a half" in Russian? The first one is полтора, which is used with masculine and neuter nouns,...
The Combination of Russian Numerals, Adjectives and Nouns
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Did you know that different cases of adjectives and nouns can be used in combination with Russian cardinal numerals? For example, 1. Nominative case Masculine: Один маленький ребёнок. One little child, Feminine: Одна маленькая...
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Did you know that Russian ordinal numbers are formed from Russian cardinal numbers with the use of the endings of Russian adjectives -ый, -ая, -ое, -ые: пять-пятый-пятая-пятое-пятые? Therefore, Russian ordinal...
Two Times, Three Times, Four Times, etc. in Russian
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Did you know that we have special adverbs that mean "two times", "three times", "four times", etc.? To be able to form them, you have to add the prefix в to...
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Did you know that we use both cardinal and ordinal numerals to say fractions? For example, 1/2 is одна вторая (both numerals are used in the Nominative case), but 2/3 is...
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In Russian language there are special words for the number 1.5 – ‘полтора’ and ‘полторы’. We use the word ‘полтора’ with masculine and neutral words and the word ‘полторы’ with...
