second declension: stress

💡 Grammar Rule

Stress Shifts in Russian Second-Declension Nouns (-а/-я) In Russian, nouns ending in -а or -я (second declension) often have shifting stress if th...

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The war is terrible.

Война́ ужа́сна.

Voyná uzhásna.

We do not want wars.

Мы не хоти́м во́йн.

My ne khotím vóyn.

I see the wave.

Я ви́жу волну́.

Ya vízhu volnú.

The waves are very high.

Во́лны о́чень высо́кие.

Vólny óchen' vysókiye.

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