"много кошек"

Translation: a lot of cats

[bacco22]

Hello! Why have we found here "кошек"??

[Berniebud]

"Много" takes the genitive case. Here, the genitive plural of "Кошка" is "Кошек".

[SrMarien]

So is кошка irregular then? We have seen the ending drop on собака -> собак. I would expect something like кошка -> кошк

[Berniebud]

It's regular. When you're forming a noun into the genitive plural case, and you end up with a double consonant at the end, you put a "е" or an "о" between the two. Whether it's a "е" or an "о" depends on the spelling rules.

[SrMarien]

Alright then. Thank you!

[IwantToLea20884]

I am really curious then how you would explain the form 'букв'

[bacco22]

Thansk Barniebud!

[JesseLeona4]

Russian grammatical cases will surely be the end of me. XD #anglophone