:RUSSIAN NOUNS
All the russian nouns belong to one of the three genders: masculine,feminine and neuter. And it's fairly easy to understand what category the word belongs to
FIRST, look at the "natural" gender which means the sex of the being. for exemple: мужчина man/ сестра sister.. so according to that сестра is a feminine noun and мужчина is a masculine one
:SECOND, look at the ending of the noun
MASCULINE nouns end with a consonant or й
Óфис office/ Стол table/ Стул chair/ Чай tea
FEMININE nouns end with a or я
Газéта newspaper/ Москвá moscow/ Семвья family
Neuter nouns end with о а or e
Мópe sea/ Упражнéние exercice
Врéмя time & Имя name are two neuter nouns
INDECLINABLE nouns of foreign origin (ending with ао, ау, и, у, ю,э)
Most of these words are neuter for exemple: Какáo cacao/ Такси taxi/ Каратэ karate/ Меию menu
?What if the soft sign (ь) is in the ending
It's a quite tricky but 3/4 of cases the noun would be FEMININE and the rest are MASCULINE and here some guidelines
:FEMININE
Natural gender again like Мать mother
All nouns in жь, чь, шь, щь, мь, пь, фь, знь
All nouns in сть ехcept for Гость guest and Тесть father-in-law
:MASCULINE
Natural gender again like Зять king
Most nouns in тель like Учитель teacher
Most noun in арь like Пекарь baker
All the months of the year