New Russian Word for October 20th, 2009Word for Today: a car - машина
The word машина in everyday speech means a 'car'. However it can have other meanings as well. Let's study them.
Like all nouns машина changes by number and cases. It's geminine.
| Case | Single | Plural |
| Nominative | машина | машины |
| Genetive | машины | машин |
| Dative | машине | машинам |
| Accusative | машину | машины |
| Instrumental | машиной | машинами |
| Prepositional | о машине | о машинах |
Different meanings:
1. Car
Other words in Russian: автомобиль, легковой автомобиль.
Я кул себе спортивную машину - I bought a sports car for myself
2. Other Machines
посудомоечная машина - dish-washing machine
стиральная машина - washer (washing machine)
машина времени - time machine
Also there's a famous Russian rock band with the same name.
электронно-вычислительная машина (ЭВМ) - computer
We no longer say ЭВМ. We now say компьютер - computer.
Швейная машина - Sewing machine
Related words:
машиностроительный - machine-building
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