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SENT!2.Gender İdentifications by Noun Groups
SENT!2.Gender İdentifications by Noun Groups
A small number of masculine nouns have an ending in -a or -я. These are all nouns
that denote male persons. There are three subgroups of these “naturally” masculine
nouns.
Word collocations :
С.The diminutive forms of male first names (The full name is given in parentheses
below.)
A relatively small number of nouns ending in the soft sign -ь are masculine.
Identifying these nouns as masculine is less straightforward, since the stem of both
masculine and feminine nouns may end in -ь.
However, there are some generalizations that help determine the gender of certain
groups of these nouns as masculine.
Nouns Ending in the Suffix -тель (cf. the English suffix -er, -or) or -арь
A large majority of nouns with a stem ending in the soft sign -ь are feminine. As in
the case of masculine soft-sign nouns, there are a few generalizations that help to
identify groups of soft-sign nouns that are feminine
Мáть - mother
Дóчь – daughter
Свекрóвь - mother-in-law (husband’s mother)
Word collocations :
заботливая мать - a caring mother
младшая дочь – youngest daughter
недовольная свекровь - dissatisfied mother in law
Nouns Ending in the Soft Sign Preceded by an Unpaired Consonant: -жь, -чь, -шь,
or -щь
Word collocations :
Example :
Каждая культура, каждая цивилизация Every culture, every civilization has
мечтала обрести вечную молодость. dreamed of finding eternal youth.
Ты можешь искупить свою ужасную You can make up for your appalling
грубость тяжелой работой и упорством. rudeness with hard work and
perseverance.
Такая смелость однажды приведет его к Such boldness will one day lead him to the
сенату. senate.
Небольшая гласность поможет вспугнуть A little publicity will help flush out Dopler
Доплера и мальчишку. and the kid.
Остальные — преступления небольшой и The rest are crimes of small and medium
средней тяжести. gravity.
Это социальная неуклюжесть, как будто It's a social awkwardness like you're a
вы незнакомец на чужой земле. stranger in a foreign land.
Write the form of the third-person pronoun that
replaces each of the following nouns.
1.Дядя – 6.Свекровь –
2.Дочь - 7. Писатель –
3.Король – 8. Новость –
4.Миша – 9. Январь –
5.Брошь - 10. Аптекарь -
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