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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English
ресторан	rest-a-rAn	restaurant
рестораны	rest-a-rA-nei	restaurants
язык	ye-zEIk	language
языки	ye-zei-kI	languages
музей	moo-zYEy	museum
музеи	moo-zYEy-ih	museums

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In English, when we want to make a noun plural we usually add an 's' to the end.

In Russian, things are a little more complicated (of course!), and you certainly do NOT add an 's' sound to the end of words.

Most often you will add an 'ih' sound, or less commonly an 'a' sound, to make a noun plural, but please read the detailed rules below.

Masculine Plural Nouns: All end with an 'ih'- type sound

1. For masculine nouns ending with a consonant, add -ы (see exceptions listed in next section).

Example, ресторан (restaurant) / рестораны (restaurants)

Restaurant

ресторан

Pronounced:

rest-a-rAn

Audio:

(Lena)

Restaurants

рестораны

Pronounced:

rest-a-rA-nei

Audio:

(Lena)

2. Exceptions to the previous rule:
For masculine nouns ending in -k, -г, -x, -ч, -щ, -ж, or -ш, then add -и

Example, язык (language) / языки (languages)

Language

язык

Pronounced:

ye-zEIk

Audio:

(Lena)

Languages

языки

Pronounced:

ye-zei-kI

Audio:

(Lena)

3. For masculine nouns ending with -й, remove the -й and add -и

Example, музей (museum) / музеи (museums)

Museum

музей

Pronounced:

moo-zYEy

Audio:

(Lena)

Museums

музеи

Pronounced:

moo-zYEy-ih

Audio:

(Lena)