Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "every" in Russian

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каждый

Meaning: every, each, everyone

Pronunciation: [KAHZH-diy]

Part of speech: pronoun

Rank: #115 (see frequency list)

There used to be a big flowerbed in front of every house.
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Example sentences:

Я готóвлю cуп кáждый день.
I cook soup every day.
Кáждые выходны́е мы éздим на рéчку.
Every weekend we go to the river.
Кáждую ночь онá плáкала.
She cried every night.
Кáждое воскресéнье по телеви́зору покáзывают документáльные фи́льмы.
Every Sunday they show documentaries on TV.
Кáждый дóлжен э́то знать!
Everybody must know that!
Рáньше пéред кáждым дóмом былá большáя клу́мба.
There used to be a big flowerbed in front of every house.
Это касáется кáждого.
It concerns everyone.
Я купи́л кáждому из них по морóженому.
I bought ice cream for each of them.
Давáйте поговори́м подрóбно о кáждом из э́тих вопрócов.
Let's talk about each of these issues in detail.
Приду́майте примéр к кáждому слóву.
Think of an example for each word.
На кáждой страни́це бы́ли помéтки.
There were marks on each page.
На кáждых вы́борах глáвное - учácтие избирáтелей.
Voters participation is important at every election.
Спортсмéны нéрвничают пéред кáждыми соревновáниями.
Sportsmen get anxious before each competition.
Он звони́л мне кáждые два дня.
He called me every two days.
Тóлько кáждый двáдцать пя́тый россия́нин мóжет позвóлить себé óтдых за грани́цей.
Only one in twenty five Russians can afford to go on holiday abroad.

Idioms and set expressions:

c кáждым днëм = every day; with every passing day
c кáждым гóдом = every year; with every passing year
на кáждом шагу́ = at every step; every step
кáждому своë = to each his own
дрожáть над кáждой копéйкой = to shiver over every сopeсk
literal to grudge every copeck one spends

Related words:

вся́кий = everybody, all sorts of
любóй = everybody, anyone

Proverbs and sayings:

У кáждого свой царь в головé.
Everyone has their own ideas.
literal Everyone has their own tsar in the head.
Кáждый охóтник желáeт знaть, где сидя́т фазáны.
Every hunter wants to know where pheasants sit. (The phrase is used by children to know what colors the rainbow has).
Кáждый по-свóeму с умá cхóдит.
Everyone is crazy in their own way.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

case	singular			plural
case	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
Nominative	ка́ждый	ка́ждое	ка́ждая	ка́ждые
Genitive	ка́ждого	ка́ждого	ка́ждой	ка́ждых
Dative	ка́ждому	ка́ждому	ка́ждой	ка́ждым
Accusative (anim/inanim)	ка́ждого/ ка́ждый	ка́ждое	ка́ждую	ка́ждых/ ка́ждые
Instrumental	ка́ждым	ка́ждым	ка́ждой	ка́ждыми
Prepositional	ка́ждом	ка́ждом	ка́ждой	ка́ждых

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