NuanceDeckРусский

russian word

Russian in Russian: русский

adjectivelevel A1#173 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Я уже два года учу русский язык. I have been learning the Russian language for two years now.

Моя бабушка готовит вкусную русскую еду. My grandmother cooks delicious Russian food.

Наш новый сосед — русский, но прекрасно говорит по-французски. Our new neighbour is a Russian, but he speaks French perfectly.

На конференции было много русских из разных городов. There were many Russians from different cities at the conference.

What does русский mean in Russian?

01

Russian (relating to Russia, its people or language)

Я уже два года учу русский язык.

I have been learning the Russian language for two years now.

Моя бабушка готовит вкусную русскую еду.

My grandmother cooks delicious Russian food.

02

a Russian (noun: a Russian person)

Наш новый сосед русский, но прекрасно говорит по-французски.

Our new neighbour is a Russian, but he speaks French perfectly.

На конференции было много русских из разных городов.

There were many Russians from different cities at the conference.

Declension of русский

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

mascneutfemplural
nomрусскийрусскоерусскаярусские
genрусскогорусскогорусскойрусских
datрусскомурусскомурусскойрусским
accрусского / русскийрусскоерусскуюрусских / русские
insрусскимрусскимрусской / русскоюрусскими
prepрусскомрусскомрусскойрусских