Уро́к 2
2.3 Grammar: Masculine Nouns with stressed -у́
Люби́мая Грамма́тика
There is a small subset of masculine nouns in Russian that get a stressed -у́ ending in the Prepositional Case instead of the -e ending. They are mentioned here early on because they are very high frequency words and are often used in the Prepositional Case. Luckily there are just a few and they’re fairly easy to memorize.
Molly and I talk about this in the following video at the 3:00 mark:
Masculine Nouns with stressed -у́
| пол | ‘floor’ |
| шкаф | ‘closet’ / ‘wardrobe’ |
| мост | ‘bridge’ |
| лес | ‘forest’ / ‘woods’ |
| сад | ‘garden’ |
| у́гол | ‘corner’ |
| аэропо́рт | ‘airport’ |
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1. Где су́мка?
Су́мка на полу́. ‘The purse is on the floor.’ |
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2. Где ве́щи?
Ве́щи в шкафу́. ‘The things are in the closet.’ |
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3. Где маши́ны?
Маши́ны на мосту́. ‘Cars are on the bride.’ |
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4. Где Поли́на и Оле́г?
Они́ в лесу́. ‘They are in the forest.’ |
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5. Где он?
Он стои́т на углу́[1]. ‘He is standing on the corner.’ |
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6. Где вы?
Я в аэропорту́. ‘I am at the airport.’ |
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7. Где ко́шка?
Ко́шка в саду́. ‘The cat is in the garden.’ |
Media Attributions
- Duffel bag beside white and brown chair
- AI generated dressing room © Fabien Raquidel
- Budapest chain bridge traffic © hpgruesen
- Forest Scene © Liberal Arts ITS, The University of Texas at Austin is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
- © Mike Jones
- Airport airline traffic © Skitterphoto
- Cat, garden domestic animal
- Some nouns in Russian have what is called a ‘fleeting vowel’, which means that its presence alternates with the presence of an ending. In the Nominative угол ends in a consonant, or more specifically, it has a ZERO ending. In Prepositional Case, it gets an ending, causing the ‘fleeting vowel’ to disappear. These words will be noted and fleeting vowels as a general topic will be discussed in more detail later. ↵
