Gender

All Russian nouns are attributed to one of the 3 genders: masculine, feminine or neuter.
The gender of the word can be seen in the ending of the word in its Nominative Case.

• If a noun ends in consonant or in "й" => it is masculine

• If a noun ends in "а", "я", "ья", "ия" => it is feminine

• If a noun ends in "o", "е", "ье", "ие" => it is neuter

However, there are some words that are not regulated by these rules.

~ The following nouns are masculine:

• папа (dad)
• мужчина (man)
• дедушка (grandfather)
• дядя (uncle)

~ The following nouns are neuter:

• время (time)
• имя (name)
• интервью (interview)
• меню (menu)
• жюри (jury)
• такси (taxi)