Lesson 23. Noun. Gender of animate nouns

The topic of this lesson is the genus of animate nouns in the Russian language. Animate nouns in Russian can have two genders: masculine (masculine) and feminine (feminine). The masculine noun can be replaced with the pronoun “he” (он), and the feminine with the pronoun “she” (он).

Vocabulary for this lesson:

Masculine gender:

• мужчина / man;
• мальчик / boy;
• папа / father;
• дедушка / grandfather.

Feminine gender:

• женщина / woman;
• девочка / girl;
• мама / mother;
• бабушка / grandmother.

The adjective becomes the same kind as the noun with which it is used: smart man (умный мужчина), smart boy (умный мальчик) — masculine gender (pay attention to the ending of the adjective), smart woman (умная женщина), smart girl (умная девочка )— feminine gender.