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In other videos we've looked at how to decline Russian names ending in -ов/-ев/-ёв and -ин/-ын. But what about foreign names - especially those that don't fit the normal patterns of Russian names?
In this video we'll look at how to manage names like Chaplin, Okudzhava, Obama, Merkel, Rostropovich, and others. It may seem complicated, but it really just comes down to a question of whether to add Russian endings, or not.
Whenever a word or name is brought in from another language, there's the potential for variation, disagreement, and confusion, and we won't cover every possible name in this video. If you'd like more details, I recommend this page at gramota.ru:
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To review the basics of Russian family names in -ов/-ев/-ёв and -ин/-ын, see this video: • Declining Common Russi...
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