No. 2,059 in Russian
дети
Children.
In a sentence
Дети играют во дворе.
The children are playing in the yard.
Here, 'дети' is used as the main subject of the sentence, indicating the plural form of 'ребёнок' (child). It refers to more than one child who are collectively engaged in an activity.
Он заботится о своих детях.
He takes care of his children.
In this sentence, 'дети' is in the prepositional case as 'детях' due to the prepositional phrase 'о своих детях'. It refers to someone's children as a possession or responsibility.
У них в семье трое детей.
They have three children in their family.
The word 'дети' is used in the genitive plural as 'детей'. It denotes children quantitatively, indicating the presence of three children in a family.
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