Hello
I am new here and excited to have found this forum for linguistic enthusiast'. I'm reading some of the text available on the site here and I encountered my first problem.
Why is it the 'em' ending in медведем in the sentence (Встреча с медведем может быть очень опасна)?
As I understand the 'c' proposition is used with the instrumental case which give the 'em' ending for neuter nouns. But isn't a 'ь' noun either feminine or masculine?
Hope someone can enlighten the issue.
novoidioma
why the 'em' ending in медведем ?
- novoidioma
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Re: why the 'em' ending in медведем ?
Hi,
"медведь" is an animate masculine first declension noun ending in "ь" (see http://www.study-languages-online.com/russian-nouns-declension.html). Thus, its prepositional case is "медведем".
Moreover, as you can see in the link above, the instrumental case doesn't always give the ending "ем" to a neuter noun.
The Russian declension system is not going to be easy . Good luck in palling up with it!
"медведь" is an animate masculine first declension noun ending in "ь" (see http://www.study-languages-online.com/russian-nouns-declension.html). Thus, its prepositional case is "медведем".
Moreover, as you can see in the link above, the instrumental case doesn't always give the ending "ем" to a neuter noun.
The Russian declension system is not going to be easy . Good luck in palling up with it!
- novoidioma
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Re: why the 'em' ending in медведем ?
Thanks a lot, that was very helpful.
You're definitely right, the declension system is tough and is going to by the center for much frustration!
You're definitely right, the declension system is tough and is going to by the center for much frustration!
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