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Plural Forms of Masculine and Feminine Nouns and Possessive Pronouns.

The majority of Russian nouns may have plural forms. Today we will examine formation of the Nominative Plural.

As a rule, to obtain the plural form of a noun, it’s enough to change its ending:
– masculine and feminine nouns end in -ы or -и;
– neuter ones end in -а or -я.

Let’s see some examples of masculine and feminine nouns plural forms formation (the letters ‘m’ and ‘f’ denote the gender):

Stem type	Singular	Plural
ending in a hard consonant	вопро́с (m) question рабо́та work, job	вопро́сы questions рабо́ты works, jobs
ending in ж, ш, щ, ч	пляж (m) plage зада́ча (f) task	пля́жи plages зада́чи tasks
ending in к, г, х	ма́льчик (m) boy кни́га (f) book	ма́льчики boys кни́ги books
ending in a soft consonant	писа́тель (m) writer неде́ля (f) week гость (m) guest кость (f) bone	писа́тели writers неде́ли weeks го́сти guests ко́сти bones

Possessive pronouns don’t distinguish gender in the plural number and have only one form for all genders:

	Singular	Plural	Examples
my	мой, моя́, моё	мои́	моя́ кни́га (my book) мои́ кни́ги (my books)
your	твой, твоя́, твоё	твои́	твоя́ кни́га (your book) твои́ кни́ги (your books)
our	наш, на́ша, на́ше	на́ши	на́ша кни́га (our book) на́ши кни́ги (our books)
your (plur.)	ваш, ва́ша, ва́ше	ва́ши	ва́ша кни́га (your book) ва́ши кни́ги (your books)

The pronouns его́ (his, its), её (her), их (their) don’t change their forms.
For example:

его́ кни́га his book	его́ кни́ги his books
её кни́га her book	её кни́ги her books
их кни́га their book	их кни́ги their books

Please, watch the video to get more information and see the most important exceptions from the above mentioned rules:

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