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Russian word of the day: Самоучка

Dec 21, 2017 (see all)
самоу́чка
[ sa-ma-úch-ka ]
Noun , masculine or feminine
self-taught person

Examples

  • Программи́ст-самоу́чка, он зараба́тывал на жизнь фрила́нсом.

    prag-ra-méest - sa-ma-úch-ka, on za-ra-bá-ty-val na zheezn' free-lán-sam

    A self-taught programmer, he earned his living by freelancing.

  • Изве́стный ру́сский учёный Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский был самоу́чкой.

    eez-vyés-nyî rús-keeî u-chó-nyî kan-stan-téen e-du-ár-da-veech tsee-al-kófs-keeî byl sa-ma-úch-kaî

    The famous Russian scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a self-taught person.

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Declension of the word самоучка

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. самоу́чка самоу́чки
Genitive Gen. самоу́чки самоу́чек
Dative Dat. самоу́чке самоу́чкам
Accusative Acc. самоу́чку самоу́чек
Instrumental Inst. самоу́чкой самоу́чками
Prepositional Prep. самоу́чке самоу́чках

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