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Nouns of all genders can have a plural form (except those nouns that have only singular or plural form). As we said in Unit 2, plural nouns usually end in ‘’ or ‘’.

In this lesson, you will learn the simple rules that cover most of masculine and feminine nouns. 

Masculine

Feminine

ending

актёр → актёры

инженер → инженеры

актриса → актрисы

конфета → конфеты

к, г, х, ч, ж, ш, щ  → -и ending*

врач → врачи

пряник → пряники

студентка → студентки

спортсменка  → спортсменки

* It’s a common rule for the Russian language in general.

Test: GroupWords

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Test: ListenAndWriteDialog

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