Stress is the so-called pulse of the word. And the Russian language is also complicated by the fact that sometimes the place of this very pulse in the word causes great doubts. For example, who can put the correct stress in the word "kitchen"?
The lexical meaning
What does the word "kitchen" mean? Undoubtedly, this is what is connected with the kitchen.
- We need to buy a lot of kitchen utensils: my wife loves to cook.
- After dinner, a lot of crumbs remained on the kitchen table.
- It is a pity that there was not enough money for a new kitchen, I had to buy a used one.
- This table is not a dining table, but a kitchen one.
The accent in the adjective "kitchen" falls on the first syllable.
Morphological characteristics
Define the morphological characteristics of the adjective under consideration. The most important thing to remember is that the adjective is qualitative.
| Case | Male gender | Feminine gender | Neuter gender | Plural |
| Nominative | A kitchen apron fell from a chair | New kitchen setting pleasing to the eye | The kitchen window is open for some reason | Kitchen assistants are a multicooker, food processor, mixer |
| Genitive | A leg broke at the kitchen table | There is no kitchen furniture in this section. | Margarita distracted from the old kitchen trough | I've never had a food processor |
| Dative | A ginger cat slowly crawled to the kitchen cabinet | My mother-in-law didn’t even let me touch kitchen utensils | What happened to that kitchen panel? | The master, as it turned out, did not understand anything in the kitchen scale |
| Accusative | This kitchen set was presented by grandmother | Let's buy a new cookware | Need to replace a kitchen towel | Irina looked at the kitchen shelves and sighed bitterly. |
| Instrumental case | The kitchen worker is in danger | Flies flew over the kitchen sink | I sang a serenade under the kitchen window | The couple stopped in front of the kitchen hoods |
| Prepositional | The girl in the old kitchen apron sang wonderful | Meat thawed in the kitchen sink | Bread lay in a kitchen towel | The seller talked about stoves. |
Kitchen: stress
The adjective kitchen consists of eight letters and seven sounds, since a doubled “nn” gives one sound [n]. The word can be divided into three syllables (remember the rule: how many vowels - so many syllables).
When pronouncing the studied adjective, many make a common mistake, placing emphasis on [O]. It is not right. Remember: the kitchen! Stress should fall on the first syllable.
Phrases with the adjective "kitchen"
What can be a kitchen?
Furniture, table, utensils, dishes, towel, cabinet, shelf, headsets, combine, corner, equipment, assistant, furnishings, stove, range hood, sink, sink, worker, knife, scales, apron, clothes. Now you know how to pronounce this word.