We are used to the fact that all nouns can be attributed to one of three declensions. This allows you to write correctly, correctly identifying the endings of words in various cases. But among borrowings from other languages, there is a whole list of nouns that have the same form in any context. There is no logic in how they are used with dependent adjectives. You just need to remember this.
Words with -o, -y, -e, -i, -e, -y and shock -a at the end
Imagine a list of nouns related to the indeclinable in the form of a table. It contains only common nouns.
| -about | Cocoa, mango, cinema, metro, bureau, domino, dressing table, coat, tango, bungalow, veto, avocado, deal, clog, bordeaux, euro, Esperanto, cache-pot, depot, piano |
| yeah | Kangaroo, show, stew, cockatoo, zebu, frau |
| the | Entertainer, chimpanzee, necklace, resume, muffler, attache, pince-nez, protege, souffle, dragee, highway, mashed potatoes, compartment, foyer, communiqué, coffee, cafe |
| -and | Blinds, chassis, taxi, alibi, kiwi, confetti, jury, ivasi, penalty, referee, rugby, kohlrabi, spaghetti, brandy, whiskey, travesty, pony |
| uh | Canoe, Aloe, Netsuke, Karate, Kalanchoe |
| -Yu | Menu, avenue, deja vu, engineering, barbecue, parvenu, interview |
| -a | Boa, bra, feijoa, bourgeois, role |
Feminine proper and common nouns with a consonant at the end
There are not many similar borrowed words, so the list of nouns related to the indeclinable will be small. They are easy to remember:
- Miss, Mrs. Freilaine.
- Elizabeth, Margaret.
- Surnames: Anna Dvorkovich, Kim Basinger, Kim Kardashian.
Foreign names and place names with a vowel at the end
It is not possible to give a complete list of nouns related to the indeclinable, but here are the most striking examples:
- Geographical names - Tokyo, Oslo, Colorado, Sochi, Baku, Borneo, Helsinki, Capri, Missouri, Mississippi.
- Surnames - Delacroix, Zola, Show, Bizet, Dumas, Goethe, Hugo, Moriah.
- Names - Francois, Marie, Hilary, Natalie.
Compound words and abbreviations
It is also impossible to provide a complete list of nouns related to the indeclinable, therefore, we restrict ourselves to examples:
- Compound words - rono, general, general department.
- Abbreviations - Moscow State University, NATO, UNESCO, OSCE, STSI.
Surnames of Slavic origin ending in -o, -co, -ago / -iago, -ovo, s / s
Please note that in this case it does not matter if the surname belongs to the male or female gender. Here are some examples:
- Wisely, Kostenko, Likhitchenko.
- Vodolago, Dubyago.
- Durnovo, Khitrovo.
- Black, Ilyinsky.
Pay attention to the picture above, where you can repeat the types of non-declining nouns. The list is presented a little higher, but it should be remembered that they have no endings.