Lesson 19. The category of animateness and inanimateness

In this video lesson, you will learn what animate and inanimate nouns are in the Russian language. Inanimate nouns answer the question “Who? (Кто)” and inanimate nouns answer the question “What (Что)?

Vocabulary for this lesson:

мужчина / man;
женщина / woman;
собака / dog;
учитель / teacher;
Павел / Paul;
деньги / money;
доллар / dollar;
компьютер / computer;
матрешка / matryoshka;
блин / pancake;
Кто это? / Who is this?
Что это? / What is this?

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