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- "У тебя есть кошки?"
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Вопросительное предложение робот не верно произносит. Тот же робот на https://www.ivona.com/ с правильной вопросительной интонацией произносит данную фразу. Это уже далеко не первый лаг...
И да (сразу отвечу на предполагаемый вопрос) - на неправильное звучание уже неоднократно "технарям" указывал...
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«кот» — a singular masculine noun (=cat)
«кошка» — a singular feminine noun (=cat)
«коты» — a plural masculine noun (=cats)
«кошки» — a plural feminine noun (=cats)
So the difference between the two is that one is a male cat and the other is literally female?
@JasonN748207
I've read elsewhere that cats in general (of unknown gender) are koshki
That's true.
What if you wanted to say Ivan has something? Do names decline like normal nouns? And what about a masculine word ending in -a, does it decline like a fem word?
Yes but there are nuances. Russian and I'd say most Slavic names will decline normally, but foreign names are different. For instance, for men, if the name ends in a consonant or basically any vowel except и, then the name will decline like a normal word. For women, the name only declines if it has a traditionally Russian feminine ending (-а/-я). So, they'll say "У Барака Обамы" in regards to Barack Obama, but "У Хиллари Клинтон" for Clinton. Now if it's Bill Clinton, they'd say "У Билла Клинтона".
On the website version on the discussion page it displays the plural form (кошки).
I actually had a misunderstanding, I thought the genitive form was being used here but the genitive is only used for negative possession, so this is the plural nominative. Thanks though!
When it prompts to speak a phrase to check pronunciation, I really wish they would show the translation of the phrase, and also include a mouse-over pronunciation for each word.
