Russian words are one of the three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. They can be recognized by the way the word ends:
Masculine end in a consonant or with the letter -й.
Feminine end in -a or -я.
Neuter end in -o or -e.
There are NO articles in Russian. But to make the words plural you add the following ending to the word:
Ends in consonant or -a =>
-ы
Ends in -b, -й, -я, -k, -r, -x, -ч, -щ, -ж>, -ш => -и
Ends in -o => -a
Ends in -e => -я
There are very few exceptions to the above rules of gender, but there are notable exceptions (because of physical gender). The following are all masculine nouns:
Папа - (Daddy, Papa)
Дядя - (Uncle)
Дедушка - (Grandfather)
Мужчина - (Man)
Кофе - (Coffee)
Examples of other noun gender exceptions:
Masculine : паспорт (passport), документ (document), брат (brother), Хлеб (bread).
Feminine : газета (newspaper), Россия (Russia), Дочь (daughter)
Neuter : здание (building), радио (radio), письмо (letter)
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