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The Nominative Case
Gender of Nouns
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Russian grammar starts with a little surprise – all beings, objects, and names belong to one of the three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. But don’t worry: luckily, they are almost always eager to show their gender by the last letter:
However, there are a few words that end with a soft sign -Ь, they can be masculine or feminine, and these are the ones you should learn with their gender.
| он | она́ |
| – Ь | |
| рубль оте́ль день | любо́вь дочь ночь |
| он | оно́ |
| мужчи́на па́па де́душка дя́дя ко́фе (m, n) | вре́мя и́мя |
Be careful with informal men’s names: they often have feminine endings -А / -Я, but they are still masculine as they refer to men.
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| он | |
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| она́ |