Nominative Case: Singular & Plural
Назоўны склон
Vocabulary
- дамы́ — The plural of 'дом' (house) is 'дамы́' (houses).
- во́кны — The plural of 'вакно́' (window) is 'во́кны' (windows).
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Nominative Case: Singular & Plural
Назоўны склон
Nominative case — singular and plural
The nominative case is the 'dictionary form' of a noun — the form used for the subject of a sentence. It answers the questions Хто? (Who?) and Што? (What?). Example: **Дом** стары́. — The **house** is old. (Дом is in the nominative.)
You already know these from the gender lesson:
Plural endings depend on gender and stem type:
When stress moves between singular and plural, akannie kicks in and the spelling changes:
дом → дамы́ — stress moves to ending → о becomes а
вакно́ → во́кны — stress moves to stem → а becomes о
Vocabulary
| Belarusian | English | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| дамы́ | The plural of 'дом' (house) is 'дамы́' (houses). | — |
| во́кны | The plural of 'вакно́' (window) is 'во́кны' (windows). | — |
Practice
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