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"Teacher" in Russian

Russian word of the day | Dec 11, 2018 (see all)
учи́тель
[ u-chée-tyel' ]
Noun , masculine, feminine - "учи́тельница"
teacher

Useful information

You can use the masculine form of the word to talk about female teachers as shown in one of the examples. The word "учительница" is used more in the conversational language.

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Examples of "Teacher" in Russian

  • Она́ рабо́тает учи́телем ру́сского языка́ в шко́ле.

    a-ná ra-bó-ta-yet u-chée-tee-lyem rús-ka-va ya-zy-ka f shkó-lye

    She works as a teacher of Russian language in school.

  • Сего́дня я встре́тила свою́ ста́рую учи́тельницу.

    see-vód-nya ya fstryé-tee-la sva-yú stá-ru-yu u-chée-teel'-nee-tsu

    Today I met my old teacher.

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Declension of the word учитель

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. учи́тель учителя́
Genitive Gen. учи́теля учителе́й
Dative Dat. учи́телю учителя́м
Accusative Acc. учи́теля учителе́й
Instrumental Inst. учи́телем учителя́ми
Prepositional Prep. учи́теле учителя́х

Same stem words

to preach, to lecture, to moralize, to teach, to instruct
to study, to learn, to explore, to investigate
уче́бник [u-chyéb-neek] Noun , masculine
textbook, manual
to study, to learn

Additional examples

  • То́же мне учи́тель! Да у него́ в ка́ждом предложе́нии граммати́ческая оши́бка.

    tó-zhe mnye u-chée-tyel'! da u nee-vó v kázh-dam preed-la-zhé-nee-ee gram-ma-tée-chees-ka-ya a-shéep-ka

    And he calls himself a teacher! He has a grammatical error in every sentence!

  • От тако́й неслы́ханной де́рзости учи́тель потеря́л дар ре́чи.

    at ta-kóî nee-slý-han-naî dyér-zas-tee u-chée-teel' pa-tee-ryál dar ryé-chee

    The teacher became speechless from such unprecedented impudence.

  • Э́того учи́теля люби́ли все, он всегда́ ста́вил хоро́шие оце́нки.

    é-ta-va u-chée-tee-lya ly-bée-lee fsye, on fseeg-dá stá-veel ha-ró-shee-ye a-tsén-kee

    This teacher was loved by everybody, he always gave good grades.

  • Он слу́шал внима́тельно, задава́л вопро́сы и лови́л ка́ждое сло́во учи́теля.

    on slú-shal vnee-má-teel'-na, za-da-vál va-pró-sy ee la-véel kázh-da-ye sló-va u-chée-tee-lya

    He listened attentively, asked questions and hung on every word of the teacher.

  • В недалёком про́шлом он был учи́телем.

    v nee-da-lyó-kam prósh-lam on byl u-chée-tee-lyem

    In the recent past he was a teacher.

  • Он был прекра́сным учи́телем.

    on byl pree-krás-nym u-chée-tee-lyem

    He was an excellent teacher.

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