English-Belarusian Dictionary
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Grammar:
Verbs 1st Conjuction
Verbs 2nd Conjuction
Conjuction of be give & eat
Perfective Verbs
Adjective Declention
Masculin Nouns
Femininum Nouns
Neutrum Nouns
Cyrilic vs. Latin Blr Orthography

Masculinum (Noun declention)

a. Hard consonant at the end of noun's theme
e.g. vo³ (ox), sto³ (table), piasok (sand), kaniec (end), brat (brother) etc.

1st group: noun's ending is always stressed

(remember: In Belarusian language, if "o" is not stressed it changes into "a",
e.g. 1st case: vo³, 2nd case: va³a)
Case singularum pluralum
1. vo³ sto³ va³-y sta³-y
2. va³-a sta³-a va³-ow sta³-ow
3. va³-u sta³-u va³-om sta³-om
4. va³-a sto³ va³-ow sta³-y
5. va³-om sta³-om va³-ami sta³-ami
6. val-e stal-e va³-och sta³-och
7.     = 1. = 1.

 

2nd group: noun's ending is not stressed.
 

Case singularum pluralum
1. brat narod brat-y narod-y
2. brat-a narod-u brat-ow narod-aw
3. brat-u narod-u brat-om narod-am
4. = 2. 
5. brat-am narod-am brat-ami narod-ami
6. brac-ie narodz-ie brat-och narod-ach
7. brac-ie / =1. narodz-ie / =1. = 1. = 1.

b. Soft consonant a the end of noun's theme
e.g.: ³o¶ (elk), ³okaæ (elbow), koñ (horse)

(remember: If noun describes a living creature (human or animal) then 4th case = 2nd case
else: 4th case = 1st case)
 
Case singularum pluralum
1. ³o¶ ³okaæ ³as-i ³okc-i
2. ³asi-a ³okci-a ³asi-ow ³okci-aw
3. ³asi-u ³okci-u ³asi-om ³okci-am
4. = 2. = 1. = 2. = 1.
5. ³asi-om ³okci-em ³asi-ami ³okci-ami
6. ³as-i ³okc-i ³asi-och ³okci-ach
7. ³osi-u / =1. ³okci-u / =1. = 1. = 1.

c. "j" at the noun's end
e.g.: vierabiej (sparrow), abyèaj (custom, habit), klej (glue)
 

Case singularum pluralum
1. vierabiej abyèaj vierabj-i abyèa-i
2. vierabj-a abyèaj-u vierabj-ow abyèaj-aw
3. vierabj-u abyèaj-u vierabj-om abyèaj-am
4. = 2. = 1. = 2. = 1.
5. vierabj-om abyèaj-em vierabj-ami abyèaj-ami
6. vierabj-i abyèa-i vierabj-och abyèaj-ach
7. vierabj-u / =1. - = 1. -

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