Questions tagged [inflection]
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Why in plural form I see "знака", and not "знаки"?
I cannot figure it out -- let's start from wiktionary: знак In plural form there is no "знака", yet I noticed it in real life, and quick search gives example right at the wikipedia page: ...
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How should I inflect animate nouns when they are used to figuratively call inanimate objects, and vice versa?
In Russian, animate and inanimate nouns inflect differently. Let's compare "кабан" and "стакан":
Я вижу кабанов. Я стреляю в кабана.
Я вижу стаканы. Я стреляю в стакан.
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Inflection of particles
Yesterday I asked a question about the meaning of "научись," and it turned out that in the movie in which I heard this, it was not "научись," but "на, учись," where "на" is a particle.
Reading about ...
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What should be the proper word ending of the word "посадка"
In a phrase
посадку на Луну предшествовали тренироваочные полеты
The ending -у of the word "посадка" does not sound right for me.
What is the proper ending to use in such case?
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Inflection of fraction numerals of per cents with nouns (в 2,4 процента? -ах? случаев)
I'm a bit puzzled as to the correct inflection of the word процент in a phrase such as
в 2,4 процент(?) случаев
Grammatically in the fractional part of fraction numerals процент must be inflected ...
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