A0 · نقطة الصفر فصل 3

Meeting the Nouns

4 القواعد الإجمالية
40 أمثلة
1 دقيقة
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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Unlock the building blocks of Russian by mastering noun gender, animacy, and basic plurals.

  • Categorize nouns into masculine, feminine, and neuter genders.
  • Distinguish between living people and inanimate objects.
  • Form simple plurals to describe the world around you.
Mastering the identity of every Russian object.

ما ستتعلمه

Introduction to basic noun gender and the concept of animate vs inanimate. Building a foundational vocabulary of common objects.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: correctly identify the gender of common household objects.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: use 'Это' to introduce people and things.

أمثلة رئيسية (8)

1

Этот телефон очень старый.

This phone is very old.

جنس الأسماء في الروسية: هو، هي، أو محايد؟
2

Моя пицца холодная.

My pizza is cold.

جنس الأسماء في الروسية: هو، هي، أو محايد؟
3

Я вижу `друга`.

I see a friend.

الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)
4

Я вижу `телефон`.

I see a phone.

الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)
5

Мои друзья сейчас в кино.

My friends are at the cinema now.

الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)
6

Я люблю эти фотографии!

I love these photos!

الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)
7

Это мой телефон.

This is my phone.

هذا هو' بالروسية: الكلمة السحرية 'Это' (Eto)'
8

Это Москва.

This is Moscow.

هذا هو' بالروسية: الكلمة السحرية 'Это' (Eto)'

نصائح وحيل (4)

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The Soft Sign Rule

If a word ends in 'ь', look it up immediately. Don't guess. Write it down with 'он' (he) or 'она' (she) to remember.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: جنس الأسماء في الروسية: هو، هي، أو محايد؟
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The Face Rule

If it has eyes and a mouth (like a doll or a chess king), Russian usually treats it as animate, even if it's plastic!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)
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The 'Stomach Kick' Mnemonic

To remember the sound of -ы, imagine someone just kicked you in the stomach. That 'ugh' sound is exactly what -ы sounds like. It's the 'hard' plural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)
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The Finger Rule

If you can physically point your finger at it while saying it, you should probably use 'Это'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: هذا هو' بالروسية: الكلمة السحرية 'Это' (Eto)'

المفردات الرئيسية (5)

стол table (masc) книга book (fem) окно window (neut) друг friend (animate) это this is

Real-World Preview

book-open

At the Library

Review Summary

  • M: cons, F: -а/-я, N: -о/-е
  • Это + Noun

أخطاء شائعة

Nouns ending in -а are feminine. Remember the -а rule.

Wrong: Это книга (masculine)
صحيح: Это книга (feminine)

Tables cannot be animate. Only living creatures are animate.

Wrong: Это столы (animate)
صحيح: Это столы (inanimate)

You don't need the verb 'to be' in Russian present tense.

Wrong: Это есть книга
صحيح: Это книга

Next Steps

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Continue to: Everyday Actions — Your First Verbs

تدريب سريع (10)

Find the mistake and choose the correct plural form.

Find and fix the mistake:

В этом районе есть красивые паркы.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: парки
Because of the 'Sensitive Seven' rule, 'к' must be followed by 'и', not 'ы'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)

Find the mistake

Find and fix the mistake:

Russian biology: Is a 'flower' (цветок) animate?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: No, it is inanimate.
Grammatically, plants are inanimate in Russian.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)

Which is the correct plural of 'окно' (window)?

Выберите правильную форму:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: окна
Neuter nouns ending in -о change to -а in the plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)

Find the mistake in this sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Мой пицца вкусная.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Моя пицца вкусная.
'Пицца' is feminine, so 'my' must be 'моя'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: جنس الأسماء في الروسية: هو، هي، أو محايد؟

Fill in the correct question word (Кто or Что)

___ это? Это мой брат (my brother).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Кто
We use 'Кто' (Who) for people and animate beings.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)

Change the word in brackets to its plural form.

У меня есть новые (билет) ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: билеты
Билет is masculine and ends in a hard consonant, so we add -ы.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الجمع في اللغة الروسية (-ы, -и)

What is the gender of the word 'студент' (student)?

Choose the correct gender for 'студент':

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Masculine
It ends in the consonant 'т', which makes it masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: جنس الأسماء في الروسية: هو، هي، أو محايد؟

Which word is animate?

Choose the animate noun from the list:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: собака (dog)
Animals are always animate. Trees and tables are inanimate.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: الأسماء الحية وغير الحية (الحيوية)

Fill in the blank to say 'This is a cat.'

___ кот.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Это
When identifying something ('This is...'), we always use the fixed form 'Это'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: هذا هو' بالروسية: الكلمة السحرية 'Это' (Eto)'

Find and fix the mistake in the sentence: 'Эта мой друг.'

Find and fix the mistake:

Эта мой друг.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Это мой друг.
Even if 'друг' (friend) is masculine, the phrase 'This is...' always uses the neutral form 'Это'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: هذا هو' بالروسية: الكلمة السحرية 'Это' (Eto)'

Score: /10

أسئلة شائعة (6)

It determines how adjectives and verbs behave. If you get the gender wrong, your whole sentence will sound slightly 'off' to a native speaker.
It is for nouns that aren't masculine or feminine. They usually end in -о or -е, like 'окно' (window) or 'поле' (field).
Yes! A ghost (привидение) or a dead person (покойник) is considered animate because they represent a human being.
Yes, all insects like муха (fly) or паук (spider) are animate. You ask 'Кто это?' (Who is this?) about them.
Look at the ending! Consonants are usually masculine, -а/-я are feminine, and -о/-е are neuter. If it ends in a soft sign (-ь), you just have to memorize the gender.
It often shifts! For example, 'рукА' (hand) becomes 'рУки' (hands). There isn't a single rule for this, so listen to native speakers or check a dictionary.
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