PLURAL NOUN FORM IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

 

 

 

For making the nouns plural you need to learn several patterns different for each gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) according to which the plural nouns are formed. Let’s start with the masculine gender.

 

 

 Just add ы to get a plural form, easy peasy😊

 

Й letter transforms into и.

Ь becomes и.

Now let’s talk about feminine gender patterns.

 

A sound turns into ы.

Some masculine nouns end with a sound as well so they follow this pattern. For example, Мужчина – мужчины, Папа – папы.

 

Я vowel changes into и.

 

Ия turns into ии.

 

Ь changes into и.

Spelling in Russian is quite complicated with loads of exceptions but the first thing which you’d better bear in mind is the following ultimate rule.

 

 

Учебник – учебники, книга – книги, ёж – ежи, карандаш – карандаши, борщ – борщи, мяч – мячи, орех – орехи.

 

О changes into а.

Е changes into я and ие turns into ия.

After the grammar point, study the numbers in Russian.

 

 

Watch the video to hear out the explanation and listen how the words are pronounced.