Questions about endings. Endings are morphemes that are added after suffixes and that mark grammatical categories of the word, such as number and case for nouns ("машин-а" -- "машин-ы" -- "машин-ой") or tense, number, person or gender for verbs ("хож-у" -- "ход-ишь" -- "ход-им" -- "ходил-а" -- "ходил-и").
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Why does дом become дома instead of домы?
I don't understand why the plural version of дом is дома instead of домы. I had thought that the common rule was to add -и / -ы at the end of masculine words in the nominative form.
user5898
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Abbreviated first person singular ending
I noticed an acceptable alternative of the first person singular verb ending.
I don't know if
this is just an abbreviation or changes the meaning
is associated to aspect,
is associated to verbs of motion,
has analogues in other persons
e.g.
я…
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Why is "have you returned" "ты вернулся" instead of "ты вернул?"
Why is the former instead of the latter used?
user5898
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Why does "та ночь" become "ту ночью", in "I saw a cat, that night"?
Somebody told to me that "I saw a cat, that night" translated to "я видел кошку, ту ночью", but I do not understand why "ночь" becomes ночью
user5898
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Why does "животное" become "животные" when "animal" becomes "animals"?
I have referenced a few Russian lesson pages, but I have not come up with an answer for why the ending changes in this particular manner. Could somebody explain this to me? I had thought that the change was from “е” to “я”
user5898