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There are some nouns that change to a different word in the plural человек - люди I wonder if there are many nouns like this in Russian and what are they? |
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There are some nouns that have two or more plurals, one of which is derived from a totally different word. год (year)The singular is год (year) and the plurals are го́ды and лета́ (years) Examples:
You should use the appropriate case of год after simple or compound numbers ending in один (1), два (2), три (3), or четыре (4), except for 11, 12, 13 and 14 (and 111 - 114, 211 - 214 etc.) - for these and all other numbers, and with adverbs of quantity (много, сколько, etc.), use the appropriate case of лето. (source: wiktionary) ребёнок (child)The singular is ребёнок and the plurals are дети (children), ребята (guys) or dual form ребёнка (used with the numbers два, три, четыре) Use дети as the usual plural for children. Examples:
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