Word of the Day: скамейка, тень

1. скамейка, noun, feminine gender, singular, bench

скамейки*, plural

2.  тень*, noun, feminine gender, singular, shadow  

тени, plural

* Note 1. Nouns ending with -K or -KA form plural by adding -И or  replacing the vowel with -И. Скамейка – скамейки.

*Note 2 . Nouns with -Ь at the end are irregular and can belong to masculine or feminine gender. Their gender should be memorized.

Это скамейка, а это тень от скамейки.

 Remember: тень is used with Genitive case if you want to say what casts a shadow:  тень от скамейки, тень от дерева, тень от стола