Nominative plural of neuter nouns

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July 10th, 2005, 09:08 PM
vitovio

Nominative plural of neuter nouns

I have read in a grammar book that neuter nouns ending in -же, -ше, -ще, -че, -це in the singular take the ending -а in the plural. Anyone could write some examples? What about with neuter nouns ending in -ге, -ке, -хе (if exists)? Some examples please?

Thanks and sorry for bad english.
July 11th, 2005, 05:12 AM
pranki

Re: Nominative plural of neuter nouns

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Originally Posted by vitovio

I have read in a grammar book that neuter nouns ending in -же, -ше, -ще, -че, -це in the singular take the ending -а in the plural. Anyone could write some examples? What about with neuter nouns ending in -ге, -ке, -хе (if exists)? Some examples please?

Thanks and sorry for bad english.

Examples:
убежище --> убежища
стрельбище --> стрельбища
полотенце --> полотенца
July 11th, 2005, 10:28 AM
Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

капище - капища
чудище - чудища
коленце - коленца

That's what i can think of now.

Ah, and this one: у**ище - у**ища. :D Alright, forget this word. It's obscene, and just a bad example propping the rule of your textbook. :twisted:
July 11th, 2005, 11:14 AM
vitovio

Thank you for your answer.
July 11th, 2005, 06:39 PM
TATY

Also remember that the stress usually moves.
July 12th, 2005, 09:08 AM
Анатолий

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

капище - капища
чудище - чудища
коленце - коленца

That's what i can think of now.

Ah, and this one: у**ище - у**ища. :D Alright, forget this word. It's obscene, and just a bad example propping the rule of your textbook. :twisted:

Words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе could only be loanwords (караоке/караокэ). These types of words will not change, even some words with normal ending like какао, пальто, кофе, плато stay unchanged.
July 12th, 2005, 03:13 PM
Darobat

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

Я живу в пироге.
В девочке
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July 12th, 2005, 03:31 PM
scotcher

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Originally Posted by Darobat

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

Я живу в пироге.
В девочке
?

Don't be silly.
July 12th, 2005, 03:55 PM
vitovio

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Originally Posted by Darobat

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

Я живу в пироге.
В девочке
?

These words are not in nominative case
July 12th, 2005, 05:32 PM
Rtyom

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Originally Posted by TATY

Also remember that the stress usually moves.

I don't think that you have to move stresses here.
July 12th, 2005, 05:34 PM
Rtyom

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Originally Posted by vitovio

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Originally Posted by Darobat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

Я живу в пироге.
В девочке
?

These words are not in nominative case

Yep. Darobat, be attentive. 8)

P.S. Living in a pie? In a girl? Huh?..
July 12th, 2005, 08:30 PM
TATY

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

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Originally Posted by vitovio

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Originally Posted by Darobat

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Originally Posted by Rtyom

There's no Russian words ending with -ге, -ке, -хе. Only some loan words which don't follow the rule, as a rule. :wink:

Я живу в пироге.
В девочке
?

These words are not in nominative case

Yep. Darobat, be attentive. 8)

P.S. Living in a pie? In a girl? Huh?..

And they only end in e cos they are in the prepositional case.