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Prepositions with the prepositional case
в in (place)
нa at, on (place)
о/об about, concerning
при at the time of, in the presence of
Stress
Nouns
In many Russian nouns, the stress remains on the same syllable
throughout the declension. These include nouns ending in unstressed
-a or -я and the majority of nouns with three or more syllables, e.g.
кни�га, ку�xня, коридo�р. In some Russian nouns, however, the stress
moves. The following are common stress patterns with examples of the
nouns which follow them:
(a) Masculine nouns where the stress moves to the ending when one
is present:
Nom Acc Gen Dat Inst Prep
Singular гриб гриб гриба� грибу� грибо�м грибе�
Plural грибы� грибы� грибо�в гриба�м гриба�ми гриба�x
Other examples: бага�ж, врач, дождь, каранда�ш, кремль, оте�ц,
слова�рь, рубль, стол, четве�рг, эта�ж.
(b) Neuter nouns stressed on the stem in the singular and the ending
in the plural:
Nom Acc Gen Dat Inst Prep
Singular де�ло де�ло де�ла де�лу де�лом де�ле
Plural дела� дела� дел дела�м дeла�ми дела�х
Other examples: ле�то, ме�сто, мо�ре, по�ле, пра�во, cло�во.
Some masculine nouns also follow this pattern:
Nom Acc Gen Dat Inst Prep
Singular шкаф шкаф шка�фa шка�фу шка�фом шка�фе
Plural шкафы� шкафы� шкафов� шкафам� шкафа�ми шкафа�x