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This page discusses the gender in Russian. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
| Boy: мальчик mal'chik |
Girl: девочка, девушка devochka, devushka |
Man: мужчина, человек muzhchina, chelovek |
Woman: женщина zhenshhina |
| Father: отец otec |
Mother: мать mat' |
Brother: брат brat |
Sister: сестра sestra |
| Actor: Актер, артист Akter, artist |
Actress: Актриса Aktrisa |
Cat (m): Кот Kot |
Cat (f): Кошка Koshka |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
| He is tall: Он высокий On vysokij |
She is tall: Она высокая Ona vysokaja |
| He is a short man: Он маленького роста. On malen'kogo rosta. |
She is a short woman: Она маленького роста Ona malen'kogo rosta |
| He is German: Он немец On nemec |
She is German: Она немка Ona nemka |
| Japanese men are friendly: Японцы дружелюбны Japoncy druzheljubny |
Japanese women are friendly: Японки дружелюбны Japonki druzheljubny |
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