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How do you say "short" in Russian?
короткий
korotkij
In Russian, "short" is короткий.
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Pronunciation
Say kuh-ROHT-kij. Three syllables, stress on the second.
Writing and usage
Короткий has 9 letters. The root корот- also appears in коротко (shortly).
Example sentence
Его волосы короткие.
His hair is short.
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How to remember короткий
Koro-tky: short things cut your journey in half - they are kort.
Related words
- big большой bolʹšoj
- eighty-five восемьдесят пять vosem'desyat' pyat'
- fifty-two пятьдесят два pyat'desyat' dva
- lazy ленивый lenivyj
- ninety-three девяносто три devyanosto tri
- open открыть otkrytʹ
- seventy-one семьдесят один sem'desyat' odin
- ugly некрасивый nekrasivyj
- zero нуль nulʹ
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Questions about короткий
How do you say "short" in Russian?
In Russian, "short" is короткий. It is a noun.
How is короткий written in Russian?
Короткий has 9 letters. The root корот- also appears in коротко (shortly).
How is короткий used in a sentence?
Use короткий as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Его волосы короткие. (His hair is short.).
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