"лес" or "леса"
What's the difference of usage when the above two words are both norminative case?
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Лес - единственное число (лиственный лес).
Леса - множественное число (Летом многие леса страдают от пожаров.)
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лес-wood, леса-fox.
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The question was "What's the difference of usage when the above two words are both nominative case?"
I don't know why Russians don't answer to your questions.Is it their poor English or inattention?
Лес as singular is used when it is specific, concrete and not very broad wood or forest. For example, Я собираю грибы в лесу около деревни. Около города Хабаровска горит лес. Лес as material, timber, is always singular.
Another using is as a collective noun. Берегите лес! Лес - наше богатство.
When forest is broad and not concrete (you can say "all, every, any") , you should use леса. Например, В хвойных лесах всегда растут грибы маслята. (It means that in any coniferous forest there are always mushrooms "yellow boletus"). БОльшая часть России покрыта лесами. Леса горят по всей России.
But sometimes you can use both лес and леса and it will be correct. It happen when лес is used as a collective noun. Лес (or леса) горят по всей России.
Your question is very good and really difficult.
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1) Лес - единственное число
2) Леса - множественное число
3) Леса- единственное число, родительный падеж
Пример:
1) Я пошел в лес
2) Леса занимают большую площадь
3) В нашем городе нет леса
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