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Monday, January 7, 2008

Vocabulary

Well it's Monday again so here are your vocabulary words:

  • американец (amerikan-ets) - American (male)
  • американка (amerikan-ka) - American (female)
  • русский (ru-ski) - Russian (male)
  • русская (ru-skia) - Russian (female)
  • канадец (kanadian-ets) - Canadian (male)
  • канадка (kanadian-ka) - Canadian (female)
  • друг (droog) - male friend
  • подруга (podrooga) - female friend
  • симпатичный (sim-pa-teech-nee) - nice

Note the difference between saying something is of Russian (or Canadian, or American, etc.) origin and saying someone is a Russian (or Canadian, or American, etc.).

To say "He is a Canadian basketball player" you would say "Он канадскйй баскетболист". To say "He is Canadian" you would say "Он канадец".

When saying someone is a Russian however, the word does not change. You would still say "Он русский" or "Она русская".

Example:

Кто они по национальности? (What are their nationalities?)

Он американец/Она американка.

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