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- "В комнате два окна."
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No. numbers 2, 3, and 4 require the genitive singular.
The genitive singular ending for neuter nouns is "-а".
Additionally, the nominative plural ending for neuter nouns is also "-а", so "Окна" is a very regular plural as well.
I'm confused - under what circumstances do 2, 3, and 4 things take genitive singular? If it's always, when do we use nominative plural?
Probably a bit late, but it is on the letter а. One way to tell is that when you hear окна you can tell the o is pronounced as a. This is because unstressed o is pronounced as a.
I would have translated this as "The room has two windows." Is this also reasonable?
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To an American, Dyu wananoinj? = Do you want an orange? Similarly, in Russian, фконеtе двокна = в комнате два окна. It's awfully hard for a learner to parse out the words in a slurred together group of words. The fast and slow versions don't sound anything like each other, except to a native Russian.
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In the sentence the stress on окна is on the second syllable, but in isolation in the word bank it is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, why is this?
