In the sentence above, the subject is in the first position. The meaning only changes when not only the position of the words change, but the case they are in changes with them. In English, we express these changes by word order. In the Russian version of the sentences, look at the endings of the two men engaged in bellicose behavior. They do not become feminine, rather there is a limited number of endings available to Russian words to reveal their function in the sentence, and it just so happens that the primary endings for singular animate masculine nouns in the accusative are the same as the primary endings for feminine nouns in the nominative.
Most Russian nouns can become plural.
The Igors hit Ivan. . The Ivans hit Igor. . The following chart provides the adjective endings in the nominative case. A discussion of some forms follows, along with a link to some exercises on the nominative as a whole. Pronouns in the nominative reflect the gender and number of the nouns they replace.