The irregular plural of nouns in Russian language

 

Hi my dear friends, How are you doing? How is it the weather in your country?! Here in Russia it's quite cold and rainy. It seems no more sun for this year :( 

Well today my dear friends we are going to learn more about the plural form of nouns in Russian language : the irregular part (don't be such afraid  of the word irregular) I beleive you are so smart to understand this class.

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The irregular plural of nouns in Russian language:  

We have devided this part into : 

1. Plural form of masculine gender nouns  (Существительные мужского рода) 
2. Plural form of neuter and feminine gender noun (Существительные женского и среднего родов)
   

First let's see the plural form of masculine gender nouns : 

 As you already know (or not -if so watch the video about the plural nouns which you find here) that the masculine noun in Russian it ends in general with a consonant, in this case we form the plural by just adding а, я or ья - FOR EXAMPLE:

Адрес becomes in plural АдресА

Учитель becomes in plural  УчителЯ; notice that in general we add the "Я" for the softened consanants. 

Брат becomes in plural БратЬЯ ...

 

Another useful tric for you  to form the plural form of masculine gender  noun is to take in consideration the ending letters of words: 

 Usually the words which endings is  анин/янин we just replace the final "ИН" with an "НЕ"

example: 

Англичанин it becomes in plural Англичане 

Гражданин it becomes in plural Граждане

 Easy peasy RIGHT ??

 

Well to sum up all this mess  here is a table that hopefully you will understand : 

 

Endings (masculine noun)	Ex. Masculine Noun	Plural Form
Ø → а or я →	Доктор	Доктора
Ø → ья →	Стул	Стулья
анин/янин→	Мусульманин	Мусульмане

 

Now let's see the 

Plural form of neuter and feminine gender noun

    For this part, unfortunately for you dear friends you will have to learn the words and their plural form  so take a day off and finnish with them.

Here is an example of plural form - neuter and feminine gender noun:

Neuter and feminine Gender	Plural Form
Дочь (f) Мать (f) Дерево (n) Время   (n) Имя      (n) Ухо       (n) Яблоко (n)	Дочери Матери Деревья Времена Имена Уши Яблоки

 Wait there is luckily something for you which is super easy to remember; almost all the borrowed nouns (irregular nouns of neuter) DON'T CHANGE THE FORM : 

FOR EXEMPLE: 

Метро

Кофе

Радио

Кафе

Виски

Кенгуру

Такси 

Пианино

    Keep in mind that these words don't have plural form.... So don't try to come up with a new Russian Way-To-Form the irregular plural of nouns (already we have enough exceptions hahah that was a joke - funny / not funny let me know) 

NOW THIS IS YOUR TODAY'S BONUS 

Ok huh!! enough grammar let's learn more words for today's lesson: 

If you would like to say that somebody has or have something in Russian we use it this WAY: 

 

Keep in mind that we use these frases with both animated and inanimated : 

You can say for exemple :

У меня есть машина.  Что? (what)

У нас есть телефоны. Что?

OR 

У меня есть сестра и брат. Кто? (who)

У нас есть друзья. Кто?

 

again :

 

 ВАС is for a groupe of person or formal ..

And at last : 

 So dear friends. you can use these sentences to practice today's lesson. let me give you an exemple: 

 let's make this singular noun into plural:

У меня есть машина. 

in plural it becomes:
У меня есть машины. 

 That's it for today's lesson lovely friends. don't forget to subscribe and comment or suggest anything . we really appreciate it ) GOOD BYE !

 

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