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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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