Russian Nouns
Learning the Russian Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Russian Nouns |
| nouns | существительные - sushtestvitelioыe |
| my car | мой автомобиль - moi avtomobilio |
| green car | зеленый автомобиль - zelenыi avtomobilio |
| three cars | 3 автомобиля - 3 avtomobilia |
| car garage | гараж - garaz |
| outside the car | снаружи машины - snaruzi mashinы |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Russian has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Russian.
List of Nouns in Russian
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Russian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Russian Nouns |
| arm | рука - ruka |
| back | спина - spina |
| cheeks | щеки - shteki |
| chest | грудь - grudio |
| chin | подбородок - podborodok |
| ear | ухо - uho |
| elbow | локоть - lokotio |
| eye | глаз - glaz |
| face | лицо - lico |
| finger | палец - palec |
| fingers | пальцы - palioы |
| foot | стопа - stopa |
| hair | волосы - volosы |
| hand | рука - ruka |
| head | голова - golova |
| heart | сердце - serdce |
| knee | колено - koleno |
| leg | нога - noga |
| lip | губа - guba |
| mouth | рот - rot |
| neck | шея - sheia |
| nose | нос - nos |
| shoulder | плечо - plecho |
| stomach | желудок - zeludok |
| teeth | зубы - zubы |
| thigh | бедро - bedro |
| throat | горло - gorlo |
| thumb | палец - palec |
| toe | Палец ноги - Palec nogi |
| tongue | язык - iazыk |
| tooth | зуб - zub |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Russian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Russian Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Russian lessons here: Learn Russian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.