There's no single rule, how to determine whether a noun, ending in the soft sign, is feminine or masculine, but there are reliable clues.
✅ Feminine — words with these suffixes: -ость/-есть: радость (joy), смелость (courage), известность (fame) -знь: жизнь (life), болезнь (illness) -ь from verbs ending in -ть: связь (connection, from связать — "to connect"), боль (pain)
✅ Masculine — often:
- month names: январь (January), апрель (April), июль (July)
- words with the suffix -тель: выключатель (switch), учитель
- many everyday/concrete objects: словарь (dictionary), календарь (calendar), портфель (briefcase), руль (steering wheel), корабль (ship)
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Sharing some of the information with you which I teach my online students
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Task: put these nouns in plural (write in the comments) p.s. Look at the rules in the posts below
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There's no single rule, how to determine whether a noun, ending in the soft sign, is feminine or masculine, but there are reliable clues.
✅ Feminine — words with these suffixes:
-ость/-есть: радость (joy), смелость (courage), известность (fame)
-знь: жизнь (life), болезнь (illness)
-ь from verbs ending in -ть: связь (connection, from связать — "to connect"), боль (pain)
✅ Masculine — often:
- month names: январь (January), апрель (April), июль (July)
- words with the suffix -тель: выключатель (switch), учитель
- many everyday/concrete objects: словарь (dictionary), календарь (calendar), портфель (briefcase), руль (steering wheel), корабль (ship)
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There are useful tests in my telegram group t.me/russian_speaking_clubs
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The rest of the vocabulary is in my Telegram group t.me/russian_speaking_clubs
Vocabulary B1: Underground
Лексика B 1: Метро
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