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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English
синее	sI-ni-ye	dark-blue (neuter form)
полотенце	pa-la-tYEn-seh	towel
хорошее	ha-rO-shey-vee-nO	good (neuter form)
вино	vi-nO	wine
свежее	svYE-zheh	fresh (neuter form)
яйцо	yay-tsO	egg
глаза	gla-zA	eyes
большие	bal-shEE-ye	big (plural form)
соревнования	s-rev-na-vAn-i-ya	competitions

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Exceptions to the Rules: Neuter Endings

The exceptions for neuter adjectives are also more restricted than masculine adjectives.

Summary of Neuter Adjective Suffixes

-ое : most common suffix
-ее : when the adjective stem ends with -н, -ч, -щ, -ш, -ж, or -ц

For example, синее полотенце means "dark blue towel".

Dark-blue towel

синее полотенце

Pronounced:

sIny-ye pa-la-tYEn-se

Listen:

(Lena)

Here are some examples that you might encounter:

The adjective for "good" has the stem хорош-

Thus, "good wine" = хорошее вино

Good wine

хорошее вино

Pronounced:

ha-rO-shey vee-nO

Listen:

(Lena)

The adjective for "fresh" has the stem свеж-

Thus, "fresh egg" = свежее яйцо

Fresh egg

свежее яйцо

Pronounced:

svYE-zheh yay-tsO

Listen:

(Lena)

Note that the position of stress does not change the neuter adjective suffix.

Exceptions to the Rules: Plural Endings

Summary of Plural Adjective Suffixes

-ые : most common suffix
-ие : when the adjective stem ends with -н, -k, -г, -x, -ч, -щ, -ш, or -ж

Plural suffixes are modified by the same group of letters as the masculine adjectives.

For example, "dark blue eyes" is written as синие глаза.

Dark-blue eyes

синие глаза

Pronounced:

sIn-ee-ye gla-zA

Listen:

(Lena)

The adjective for big has the stem больш-, therefore the Russian translation for "big competitions " is большие соревнования.

Big competitions

большие соревнования

Pronounced:

bal-shEE-ye s-rev-na-vAn-i-ya

Listen:

(Lena)