Archives for: "September 2013"

Помощь

by Don  

The Russian word помощь is a noun that means ‘help.’ It is a third declension noun. One doesn't encounter the plural forms all that often, but they do theoretically exist. Sg Pl Nom помощь помощи Acc Gen помощи помощей Pre помощaх Dat помощaм Ins… more »

Кисть

by Janell  

Кисть in Russian is brush. It declines as such: Fix this for end stress in the last four plurals. Sg Pl Nom кисть кисти Acc кисть кисти Gen кисти кистей Pre кисти кистях Dat кисти кистям Ins кистью кистями У меня кисти из Японии. I have paintbrushes… more »

Помогать/помочь

by Don  

The verb ‘to help’ in Russian is помогать/помочь: Imperfective Perfective Infinitive помогать помочь Past помогал помогала помогало помогали помог помогла помогло помогли Present помогаю помогаешь помогает помогаем помогаете помогают No such thing as… more »

Душа

by Janell  

Душа is the Russian word for soul. This is how it declines: Sg Pl Nom душа души Acc душу души Gen души душ Pre душе душах Dat душе душам Ins душой душами У меня есть душа. I have a soul. Very often Russians will use the word душа where Americans would… more »

Кот

by Don  

Russian has a word кот which means a male cat, in other words what we in English would call a tomcat. It's an end-stressed word, which means it always has the stress on the first syllable of the grammatical ending, if there is one, and on the last… more »

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