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    Russian nouns are distinguished by gender and can be masculine, feminine, or neuter. The gender of most nouns is shown by their ending. Masculine nouns typically end in a hard consonant or -й, feminine nouns end in -а or -я, and neuter nouns end in -о, -е/-ё, or -мя. However, there are exceptions where the gender must be memorized, such as with names of people or nouns ending in -ь. The gender of nouns denoting people depends on the sex of the person.

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    Russian nouns are distinguished by gender and can be masculine, feminine, or neuter. The gender of most nouns is shown by their ending. Masculine nouns typically end in a hard consonant or -й, feminine nouns end in -а or -я, and neuter nouns end in -о, -е/-ё, or -мя. However, there are exceptions where the gender must be memorized, such as with names of people or nouns ending in -ь. The gender of nouns denoting people depends on the sex of the person.

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    Russian nouns are distinguished by gender and can be masculine, feminine, or neuter. The gender of most nouns is shown by their ending. Masculine nouns typically end in a hard consonant or -й, feminine nouns end in -а or -я, and neuter nouns end in -о, -е/-ё, or -мя. However, there are exceptions where the gender must be memorized, such as with names of people or nouns ending in -ь. The gender of nouns denoting people depends on the sex of the person.

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    The Gender of Nouns

    Russian nouns are distinguished by gender and change for number and case. All the
    nouns belong to one of three genders: masculine, feminine or neuter. The gender of a
    noun is generally shown by its ending.

    Nouns without an ending whose stem terminates in a hard consonant or the consonant -
    are masculine:

    - house (ending in a consonant)


    - city (ending in a consonant)
    - museum (ending in -)

    Nouns ending in -a or - are feminine: - country (ending in -)


    - earth (ending in -)

    The gender of nouns denoting persons is determined by the sex of the person
    concerned. The words (papa, daddy), (granddad), (uncle),
    (youth), (man), (boy) etc., which denote males, are masculine
    (no matter what their endings are).
    All masculine names (whatever their endings) belong to the masculine gender:
    (), (), (), (),
    (), (), (), (), () etc.

    The word (child) is neuter.


    There are 10 Russian nouns ending in -: (name), (time), (flame),
    (banner), (tribe), (seed), (top of the head), (burden),
    (stirrup), (udder); they are all neuter.

    Nouns ending in - or -/- are neuter: - letter (ending in -)


    - sea (ending in -)
    - building (ending in -)
    - gun (ending in -)
    The word (coffee) is masculine.

    Nouns ending in - (the soft sign) make up a separate group and may be:

    masculine or feminine:
    - rouble - mother
    - dictionary - exercise-book
    Their gender must be memorised!

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