No. 3,747 in Russian
футболисты
Football players.
In a sentence
Футболисты тренируются на поле.
The football players are training on the field.
Here, 'футболисты' is the subject of the sentence and represents the group of people (football players) performing the action of training.
Я наблюдаю за игрой футболистов.
I am watching the football players' game.
Here, 'футболистов' is in the genitive case, showing possession or association with the action or object (the game).
Наши молодые футболисты выиграли чемпионат.
Our young football players won the championship.
In this sentence, 'футболисты' serves as the subject and is modified by the adjectives 'наши' (our) and 'молодые' (young), highlighting its role as the main actor of the verb 'выиграли' (won).
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