Russian: Nouns and their grammatical gender in clear context
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In Russian, every noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter. A noun’s gender affects the form of adjectives, pronouns, and in certain forms also verbs, for example in the past tense. Usually, you can recognize the gender by the word ending: nouns ending in ‹-а› or ‹-я› are usually feminine, nouns ending in a consonant are usually masculine, and nouns ending in ‹-о› or ‹-е› are usually neuter. Examples: ‹мама› (feminine), ‹стол› (masculine), ‹окно› (neuter). Recognizing the correct gender is important for correct sentence formation.
The grammatical gender of Russian nouns is usually recognized by the word ending: ‹-а›/‹-я› = feminine, consonant = masculine, ‹-о›/‹-е› = neuter. There are exceptions, but this rule applies to most basic words.
An example
What grammatical gender does the Russian word ‹книга› have?
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