Grammar summary
Rules of spelling
(a) After г, к, x, ж, ч, ш, щ do not write ы. Replace it by и.
(b) After ж, ч, ш, щ, ц do not write unstressed о. Replace it by e.
(c) After г, к, x, ж, ч, ш, щ, ц do not write я. Replace it by a.
(d) After г, к, x, ж, ч, ш, щ, ц do not write ю. Replace it by у.
Gender
Masculine nouns end in a consonant, -й or -ь.
Feminine nouns end in -a, -я, -ь.
Neuter nouns end in -о, -e, -ё, -мя.
Note: A small number of nouns ending in -а/-я which refer to males are
masculine, e.g. мужчи�на ‘man’. They decline as feminine nouns but
take masculine agreements.
Declension tables
Nouns
Masculine singular
Nominative стол роя�ль музе�й
Accusative стол роя�ль музе�й
Genitive стола� роя�ля мyзе�я
Dative столу� роя�лю музе�ю
Instrumental cтоло�м роя�лем музе�ем
Prepositional столе� роя�ле музе�е