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Module 2 · Lesson 7 of 12 free lessons

The abscence of articles in Russian

There are no articles in Russian.

 a     the 

Therefore, both an actress and the actress are translated into Russian just as актри́са; both a tiger and the tiger just as тигр and so forth.

This is an actress.
This is the actress.
Э́то актри́са.
This is a tiger.
This is the tiger.
Э́то тигр.