It is known that in our native Russian language there are three types of declination. They need to know and be able to distinguish from each other in order to prevent mistakes in the case endings of nouns. Each declension has its own characteristics. In this article, we consider what endings exist in nouns of the 3rd declension.
How to distinguish?
Even from school, many people know that in Russian there are 3 types of declination. It is customary to relate words to the 1st with the endings -a, -th, -th, which will be nouns of either masculine or feminine gender, to the second - masculine with zero ending, middle with -o or -e at the end.
But the peculiarity of nouns of the 3rd declension is that we refer to them only feminine words ending in a soft sign. For example: bed, life, area, night, lynx, veil, highway, furniture and many others. All other feminine words will refer to the first declension. For example: mom, constitution, cat, fox, nanny, girl and other similar words.
The ending
The biggest confusion always happens precisely when writing the endings of nouns of the 3rd declension, since they have contradictory sounds in the genitive, dative and accusative cases. “On the bed” - think about whether you spell this word correctly? Most people make mistakes by using -e at the end instead of -i, and they cannot figure out how to write correctly in this case.
There are two options that will help you understand how to avoid mistakes in the endings of nouns of the 3rd declension.
First of all, determine the type of declension of the noun, and then act on the way convenient for you to remember this spelling.
- Learn the rule and apply it every time you doubt your spelling. This option is more suitable for adults who do not have time to practice lost school knowledge, it is easier for them to remember a specific rule than for children who better perceive pictures, games, and other unusual tricks. Remember that the nouns of the 3rd declension in the genitive, dative and accusative cases will always have the ending -i, but not -e.
- The second option will be more convenient and simple for students. For each type of declension, there are auxiliary words that will have stressed endings. For example, in the first declension, it can be the words "land", "water", "owl", but for the third, the word "steppe" is suitable. If you cannot understand how to write: in bed or in bed, try replacing your word with an auxiliary: in bed = in the steppe. In the second case, it can be clearly heard at the end, this will mean that the same letter will be written in your version. You can also use the word love: no love, in love, about love.
To summarize
Now that you know how to distinguish a noun of the 3rd declension from two other types, it is up to you to apply the rules and be sure that your letter is correct, or write, hoping for your intuition.
When this topic is just beginning to be studied in elementary school, for children and their parents it becomes something scary and incomprehensible. Adults who have missed or forgot this topic, also often make mistakes in the endings of some cases and do not know by what principle this or that letter is written.
But in fact, if you know simple rules and tricks, then you can work out writing the endings of nouns of the 3rd declension in a matter of days, always write correctly by inertia, no longer remembering the rules, but never making mistakes.