Test your Russian Language: GRAMMAR
Russian nouns have three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. In the nominative case, which is the basic dictionary form of a noun, gender can often be identified by the ending of the word. Understanding noun gender is an essential part of Russian grammar, as it affects adjectives, pronouns, and verb forms. In this section, you will learn how to recognize masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in the nominative case and use them correctly in simple Russian sentences.
| Gender of Russian nouns Nominative case |
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| gender | ending | examples | ||||||
| masculine | - consonant | дом (home) | ||||||
| - й | чай (tea) | |||||||
| - ь | день (a day) | |||||||
| - тель | строитель (a builder) | |||||||
| femminine | - а | мама (mother) | ||||||
| - я | неделя (week) | |||||||
| - ия | Россия | |||||||
| - ь | дочь (a daughter) | |||||||
| - ость | новость (piece of news) | |||||||
| neuter | - о | небо (sky) | ||||||
| - е | море (sea) | |||||||
| - ие | здание (a building) | |||||||
| - мя | имя (a name) | |||||||