| Russian | Pronunciation | English | |---------|---------------|---------| | директриса | direktrísa | female director/principal | | офис | ófis | office | | секретарь (m/f) | sekretár' | secretary | | встреча | vstrécha | meeting | | доклад | doklád | report | | подписать | podpisát' | to sign | | пригласить | priglasít' | to invite | | перерыв | pererýv | break | | занят | zányat | busy (masc.) | | занята | zanyatá | busy (fem.) |
| Nominative (who?) | Accusative (whom?) | |-------------------|--------------------| | директриса | директрису | | секретарша (colloquial for female secretary) | секретаршу | | коллега (colleague, m/f) | коллегу | Context: In the office of la directrice. russian institute lesson 18 la directrice xxx full
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Notice the feminine suffix –иса (директриса) versus the masculine директор. Russian often adds suffixes to denote female professionals, though modern usage sometimes prefers the masculine form for both genders in formal writing. Grammar Focus: Accusative Case with Animate Feminine Nouns In Lesson 18, you likely encounter sentences like: Я вижу директрису. (I see the [female] director.) Here, директриса becomes директрису – the accusative case for animate feminine nouns changes the ending -а to -у (and -я to -ю ). (I see the [female] director.) Here