Река
The word for river in Russian is река. Note how the stress shifts. For the most part in the singular it is end-stressed, with the exception of the accusative, and in the plural it is stem-stressed:
| Sg | Pl | |
| Nom | река | реки |
| Acc | реку | |
| Gen | реки | рек |
| Pre | реке | реках |
| Dat | рекам | |
| Ins | рекой | реками |
Growing up in Arizona, I was used to orderly and well organized rivers that had no water in them. I mean, why would they have water? Imagine my shock when I got to Russia and discovered that Russian rivers have water in them. I mean, sure, I knew that it was a theoretical possibility, but why? So very strange. Reader, you'll just have to get used to that idea. Here are some example sentences:
| В этой реке можно ловить белугу. | You can catch Beluga in this river. |
| Мой брат утонул в реке. | My brother drowned in the river. |
| Он вошёл в ледяную реку, и всё его тело сразу онемело. | He entered the icy river, and his whole body immediately grew numb. |
| Она подошла к реке, окунула в воду большой палец ноги, и сказала: «Слишком холодно. Я не буду купаться». | She walked up to the river, dipped her big toe into the water and said, "It's too cold. I'm not going to swim." |
Bodies of water are generally на words:
| В выходные мы ездили на Москву-реку около Звенигорода. | On the weekend we went to the Moscow River shore near Zvenigorod. |
| Мы часто ездим на реку на выходные. | We often go to the river for the weekend. |
| Ты когда-нибудь ездил на Волгу? Там можно отлично отдохнуть. | Have you ever gone to the Volga? You can have a really nice time there. |
| Когда я на реке, я отлично отдыхаю. | When I'm at the river, I have the best time. |
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