Accents....

[shiro-fukurou.livejournal.com]

Hello
I just joined this group and a newbie here at Live Journal.

I know accents in Russian words are really essential. So, my main question is, how do I know/learn the Accents.
I'm a complete beginner in Russian. So, I'm really sorry if my question sounds really stupid.
I just know that ADresa is "Address" and adreSA is "Addresses"..... Or... am I wrong? Please correct and teach me :)

Comments

[oryx_and_crake]

It is more complicated than that. The singular for "address", nominative case, is адрес (adres), there is no final "a". The stress is on the first syllable. Other cases look differently though.

(The stress is shown by a capital letter.)

Case ________ Singular __Plural
Nominative___ Адрес______адресА
Accusative___ Адрес______адресА
Genitive_____ Адреса_____адресОв
Dative_______ Адресу_____адресАм
Instrumental_ Адресом____адресАми
Prepositional_об Адресе__об адресАх