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Lesson 4 of 10

Accompaniment with groups

С + instrumental plural joins a subject with several companions, associated items, or grouped features.

  • Irregular animate plurals remain noun vocabulary; adjective agreement is regular.
3.12 · Accompaniment with groups · table 1
HeadPhraseNoun note
друзья́с хоро́шими друзья́миplural stem
роди́телис молоды́ми роди́телямиregular oblique plural
де́тис ма́ленькими детьми́stress/stem form
лю́дис интере́сными людьми́suppletive plural
вещис ну́жными веща́миinanimate accompaniment
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3.12 · Accompaniment with groups · table 1

друзья́ · с хоро́шими друзья́ми · plural stemроди́тели · с молоды́ми роди́телями · regular oblique plural
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Form: с + ста́рые друзья́. Form: с + хоро́шие лю́ди.

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