In “Lesson one”, should I use одӣн, одна or одно? [closed]

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I want to write "Lesson 1" in Russian. Is the sentence "Урок одӣн" correct? Or should I write "одно" or "одна"?

What way is correct?

OmarL · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-24 07:04:19Z

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You have two options:

That means literally "Lesson number one"

Or you could say

That means literally "First lesson".

A couple of other points:

одӣн seems like a misspelling of один. Russian doesn't have the letter ӣ, but does have й
одно is neuter and одна is feminine. In the example above, номер is masculine and so is один, and they have to match in gender

answered Nov 12 '20 at 13:42

OmarL

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Thank you! I'm french and in french "lesson" is feminine. That's why I thought I could use одна. Now I know it's masculine in russian. I have a russian keyboard with the letter ӣ when I press the и key for a long time. I don't know why then. But you're right it should be й – Victor Nov 14 '20 at 14:21
You could always just write "Урок 1". – Dan M. Dec 10 '20 at 10:06
@DanM. I'm pretty sure that would just be read as "урок первый". – OmarL Dec 10 '20 at 10:27
@OmarL depends on the context. If it's a homework assignment, "Урок 1, задание 2" can be read as just "урок один, задание два" (with implicit "номер"). – Dan M. Dec 10 '20 at 11:57

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