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How to read a declension table

The case tells you the job a word is doing: subject, object, destination, tool, place. Each case row shows the question it answers and the form for singular and plural. The purple mark shows stress, and stress moves: вода (voda) - water becomes воду (vodu) in the accusative. The ending and the stress together are the form.

For why the cases exist and when to reach for each one, read Russian cases explained. For all the endings on one printable page, take the cases cheat sheet. To meet these words in the order you'll actually need them, browse the most common Russian words.

Questions

What is declension?

Russian nouns change their ending depending on their role in the sentence: subject, object, destination, tool. Each role is a case, there are 6 of them, and with singular and plural that makes 12 forms per noun. Each word's page shows all 12 at once.

Why do some accusative forms copy the genitive?

Animacy. For masculine nouns and all plurals, Russian marks living things in the accusative with the genitive form: я ви́жу дом (ya vizhu dom) - I see a house, but я ви́жу дру́га (ya vizhu druga) - I see a friend. The tables handle this automatically.

Why does the table say о по́ле but everyone says на полу́?

A small group of masculine nouns takes a special locative form after в and на: на полу (na polu) - on the floor, в лесу (v lesu) - in the forest. The regular prepositional still exists for "about" (о по́ле). Words with this extra form show their own Locative row in the table.

Why does the stress move in some words?

Russian has mobile stress patterns: a word can stress the stem in some forms and the ending in others. рука (ruka) - hand but руки (ruki) - hands. Every table shows the stress on every single form, so there is nothing to guess.

Where do the tables come from?

From the Slova course database: the same forms the app checks letter by letter when you train. Each form follows standard dictionary practice for stress and spelling.

How many words are covered?

Every noun and adjective in the A1 to B1 course: 594 nouns and 119 adjectives, each with its own page showing all 12 forms.

Reading the table is step one

Producing the right form at speed is the actual skill. Slova drills these exact tables with typed endings, checked letter by letter.

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