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1. Zero ending for hard feminine and neuter nouns. Sometimes this involves a stress shift or the addition of a vowel.

гостиница, гостиниц
место, мест
жена, жён
сестра, сестёр
остановка, остановок
форточка, форточек
письмо, писем
копейка, копеек

2. Soft-zero ending for feminine nouns ending in consonant + -я.

неделя, недель
кухня, кухонь
песня, песен

3. -ий ending. Nouns that end in -ие or -ия take the genitive plural ending -ий

общежитие, общежитий
станция, станций

4. -ей ending for masculine nouns ending in consonants -ж, -ш, -щ, -ч and all nouns ending in -ь.

ключ, ключей
руководитель, руководителей
день, дней
гараж, гаражей

5. -ов, -ев ending. Hard-stem masculine nouns ending in all other consonants take the genitive plural ending -ов, with the following exceptions when the ending should be -ев instead.

час, часов
автобус, автобусов
месяц, месяцев

Recall the genitive forms of some words that usually or always appear in the plural. These words generally follow the rules noted.

деньги, денег
брюки, брюк
перчатки (перчатка), перчаток
родители, родителей
очки, очков

Some, however, are exceptional forms that need to be reviewed and memorized.

семья, семьи, семей
друг, друзья, друзей
сын, сыновья, сыновей
мать/дочь, матери/дочери, матерей/дочерей
дядя/тётя, дяди/тёти, дядей/тётей
сосед, соседи, соседей
год, годы, лет
сапог, сапоги, сапог
платье, платья, платьев
ребёнок, дети, детей
человек, люди, людей/человек


Wall o' Russian grammar! Augh!

There seems to be something very bizarre and unfriendly going on in the Human Target fandom, or at least a section of it. I'm not sure I like it. Misogyny is something you get used to when you have ... well, when you're a person who pays attention, and I kind of expected it to come up when the show introduced two female characters into what was previously a boys' club, but damn. That's a lot of oh this show sucks now I'm not watching it anymore from people I previously agreed with.

I do think some shows work better as a boys' club. A-Team did. Oz, from what I understand, did. Human Target worked fine as a boys' club, but I think now that the new showrunner seems to be settling down and some of the problems are starting to even out, it seems like the women will integrate just fine. The premise of the show, unlike A-Team, isn't predicated on a concept that is inherently male-dominated. Not the military, not a man's prison, not a boys' school. It's a bunch of pseudo-legal criminals and an ex-cop. No, I don't like the overtones of UST between Chance and Ilsa, and yes Ames is irritating, but she seems to be written to be irritating. Which makes for some amusing interaction between her and Guerrero. And in the last episode, she's grown up a bit. Everyone seems to be settling into telling a good story again. And yet, people are complaining. The show didn't need women. Guerrero and Ames are going to hook up (I so don't see where this is coming from), Guerrero's been neutered (what??) because he isn't immediately abandoning Ames to be killed by some big crime lord. Except that wasn't about Ames, that was about her finally being an adult instead of a teenager with a crush and showing loyalty to a friend. We've seen, all through last season, the importance he places on loyalty. His entire presence on the show is based on his loyalty to Chance, so it makes sense that he'd be impressed by her show of loyalty to her friend, especially when she turned around and asked for their help. He would likewise be impressed by her self-awareness, and her knowing she's in over her head instead of bravado-ing it out like she has before in front of him. Also, it seemed more like he and Chance were gleeful at the prospect of committing crime in a good cause.

And that was a really, really long ramble. Wow. Probably most of it I said yesterday too.

My kitten remains problematic. Although I think he's slowly figuring out that just because we go into another room we're not completely abandoning him. He still likes human food, but since Maggie grew out of that I'm thinking Murdock probably will too.

And as of probably a week from today I will be DEBT FREE. NO MORE STUDENT LOANS. BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER. At least a quarter of that extra per-month money is getting dumped into savings, though, before I get used to having it. No point in blowing it all. I'm not sure what to do else, but I'm going to keep a careful eye on my budget to make sure I don't go completely nuts now. Happy dance of no debt-ness! I seriously didn't expect this to happen for, um. Several years, anyway.