{"id":5482,"date":"2026-05-27T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heyrussian.fr\/courses\/new-course\/lessons\/how-to-identify-a-gender\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T07:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:08:45","slug":"how-to-identify-a-gender","status":"publish","type":"lesson","link":"https:\/\/heyrussian.fr\/en\/courses\/russian-genders\/lessons\/how-to-identify-a-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"How to identify a gender?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"hr-responsive-gender-tables\">\n@media screen and (max-width:640px){\n .hr-table-scroll{width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;overflow-x:visible!important}\n .hr-table-scroll table{width:100%!important;min-width:0!important;table-layout:fixed!important}\n .hr-table-scroll th,.hr-table-scroll td{box-sizing:border-box;padding:6px 4px!important;overflow-wrap:anywhere;line-height:1.35}\n .hr-table-scroll th{font-size:11px!important}\n .hr-table-scroll td{font-size:12px!important}\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 860px;margin: 0 auto;color: #1a1a1a;line-height: 1.65;font-family: Arial,sans-serif\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #888;font-style: italic;margin-bottom: 20px\">Russian Grammar \u00b7 Gender of Nouns \u00b7 Level A1\u2013A2<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 16px 4px 4px\">\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">Why gender matters in Russian<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Every Russian noun has a gender \u2014 masculine, feminine, or neuter. Gender is not just a label: it affects adjective endings, pronoun choice, and verb agreement in the past tense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0\">The good news: in most cases you do not need to memorise gender separately. <strong>You can read it directly from the ending of the word.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">The three genders at a glance<\/div>\n<div class=\"hr-table-scroll\" style=\"max-width:100%;overflow-x:visible;margin:0 0 10px\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;min-width:0;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #2c2c2c;color: #fff\">\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px;text-align: left\">Gender<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px;text-align: left\">Typical endings<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px;text-align: left\">Examples<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-weight: bold;color: #2a5a9a\">Masculine<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df\">consonant \u00b7 -\u0439 \u00b7 -\u044c (some)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0301\u0439 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0301\u0439\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9f7f4\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-weight: bold;color: #8a2a2a\">Feminine<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df\">-\u0430 \u00b7 -\u044f \u00b7 -\u044c (some)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;font-weight: bold;color: #2a7a2a\">Neuter<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px\">-\u043e \u00b7 -\u0435 \u00b7 -\u043c\u044f<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0438\u0301\u043c\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0438\u0301\u043c\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">1 \u00b7 Masculine nouns<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Most masculine nouns end in a <strong>consonant<\/strong>. If the word ends in a consonant, your first guess should always be masculine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043b <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043b\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (table) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0433\u043e\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0434 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0433\u043e\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0434\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (city) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (brother) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0445\u043b\u0435\u0431 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0445\u043b\u0435\u0431\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (bread)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Nouns ending in <strong>-\u0439<\/strong> are also masculine:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0301\u0439 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0443\u0437\u0435\u0301\u0439\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (museum) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0439 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0439\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (tram) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0447\u0430\u0439 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0447\u0430\u0439\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (tea)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f7f5f0;border-radius: 8px;padding: 10px 14px;font-size: 13px;color: #444;border: 1px solid #e8e4dc\"><strong style=\"color: #111\">Note on -\u044c:<\/strong> Some nouns ending in -\u044c (soft sign) are masculine: <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (day), <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0440\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0440\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (dictionary), <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0440\u0443\u0431\u043b\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0440\u0443\u0431\u043b\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (rouble). But some are feminine \u2014 see below. The soft sign is the tricky case.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">2 \u00b7 Feminine nouns<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Most feminine nouns end in <strong>-\u0430<\/strong> or <strong>-\u044f<\/strong>. This is the most reliable rule in Russian gender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (mum) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (book) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0301\u043b\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0301\u043b\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (school) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0447\u043a\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0447\u043a\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (pen)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (earth\/land) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (week) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u044f\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u044f\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (family)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Some feminine nouns end in <strong>-\u044c<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (night) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (daughter) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (life) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (love)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f7f5f0;border-radius: 8px;padding: 10px 14px;font-size: 13px;color: #444;border: 1px solid #e8e4dc\"><strong style=\"color: #111\">Exception alert:<\/strong> <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (dad), <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u044f\u0301\u0434\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u044f\u0301\u0434\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (uncle), <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (man) end in -\u0430 but are <strong>masculine<\/strong> \u2014 because the people they refer to are male. Biological sex overrides the ending rule for people.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">3 \u00b7 Neuter nouns<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">Neuter nouns end in <strong>-\u043e<\/strong> or <strong>-\u0435<\/strong>. These are easy to spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (window) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (letter) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0432\u043e <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0432\u043e\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (word) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0301 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0301\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (milk)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (sea) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043f\u043e\u0301\u043b\u0435 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043f\u043e\u0301\u043b\u0435\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (field) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0435 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0435\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (building)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">A small group of nouns ending in <strong>-\u043c\u044f<\/strong> are also neuter:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0438\u0301\u043c\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0438\u0301\u043c\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (name) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0432\u0440\u0435\u0301\u043c\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0432\u0440\u0435\u0301\u043c\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (time) \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043f\u043b\u0435\u0301\u043c\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043f\u043b\u0435\u0301\u043c\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span><\/span> (tribe)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">The soft sign -\u044c: the tricky one<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 8px\">When a noun ends in -\u044c, you cannot tell the gender from the ending alone. You need to learn these words individually. Here are the most common ones:<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-table-scroll\" style=\"max-width:100%;overflow-x:visible;margin:0 0 10px\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;min-width:0;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #2c2c2c;color: #fff\">\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px;text-align: left\">Masculine -\u044c<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px;text-align: left\">Feminine -\u044c<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (day)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (night)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9f7f4\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0440\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0440\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (dictionary)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (daughter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0440\u0443\u0431\u043b\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0440\u0443\u0431\u043b\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (rouble)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ede8df;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (life)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9f7f4\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301\u043d\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301\u043d\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (fire)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px;font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span> (love)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f7f5f0;border-radius: 8px;padding: 10px 14px;font-size: 13px;color: #444;border: 1px solid #e8e4dc;margin-top: 10px\"><strong style=\"color: #111\">Practical tip:<\/strong> When you learn a new noun ending in -\u044c, always note its gender. A dictionary will show \u043c (masculine) or \u0436 (feminine) next to the word.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: .5px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius: 10px;padding: 14px 18px;margin-bottom: 14px\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #1a1a1a;margin-bottom: 10px\">Quick reference \u2014 the decision tree<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 6px\">Look at the last letter of the noun:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 4px\"><strong>Ends in -\u0430 \/ -\u044f<\/strong> \u2192 Feminine (except <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043f\u0430\u043f\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span>, <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u0434\u044f\u0434\u044f <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u0434\u044f\u0434\u044f\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span>, <span class=\"ru-inline\">\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430 <button class=\"ru-audio\" data-text=\"\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430\">\ud83d\udd0a<\/button><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 4px\"><strong>Ends in -\u043e \/ -\u0435 \/ -\u043c\u044f<\/strong> \u2192 Neuter<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0 0 4px\"><strong>Ends in consonant \/ -\u0439<\/strong> \u2192 Masculine<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.75;color: #333;margin: 0\"><strong>Ends in -\u044c<\/strong> \u2192 Learn individually<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 26px auto 0;padding: 18px 20px;background: #fff;border: 1px solid #e5e1da;border-left: 4px solid #d03b1f;border-radius: 8px;font-family: Arial,sans-serif\">\n<div style=\"white-space: normal\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 8px 6px 0;padding: 8px 15px;background: #d03b1f;color: #fff;border: 1px solid #d03b1f;border-radius: 6px;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3;font-weight: 600;text-decoration: none\" href=\"\/en\/courses\/minsk-stories-masha-e01\/\">Next Lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"hr-quiz-account-note\" style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.45;color:#5d5652\">Free quizzes require a free Hey Russian account. 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