| Russian grammar and vocabulary. Unit 2 | Grammar Lesson 5
Asking Whose in Russian? The Possessive Pronouns его, её, их, наш, ваш | Grammar Lesson 6
Asking What and Who? Nominative case. Asking Where? Prepositional case | Phrasebook Topic 5
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At the Airport | Quiz 6
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What is an Adjective? Nominative Case of Adjectives | Grammar Lesson 8
Demonstrative Pronouns этот and тот. Indeclinable это vs. Demonstrative pronouns этот (эта, это, эти) | Phrasebook Topic 7
Clothes | Phrasebook Topic 8
Learn numbers 1-20 in Russian | Quiz 7
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Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 5-8 and Phrasebook Topics 5-8. |
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Asking Whose?
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Study the following dialogues. Note what Russian pronouns correspond
to English whose and my. Click each statement to
listen, then read aloud.
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1. - Чей это карандаш? - Это мой карандаш. |
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| - Whose pencil is this?
- This is my pencil. |
2. - Чья это книга? - Это моя книга. |
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- Whose
book is this?
- This is my
book. |
3. - Чьё это письмо? - Это моё письмо. |
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- Whose letter is this?
- This is my letter. |
4. - Чьи это книги? - Это мои книги. |
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- Whose books are these?
- These are my books. |
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As you can see, Russian has four different forms for
English whose and my. That is because Russian possessive pronouns мой (my), твой (your, yours - sing.),
наш (our, ours), ваш (your, yours - pl.) and interrogative pronoun
чей? (whose?) agree with the nouns they modify in gender and
number. That means:
- мой, твой, наш, ваш are used to modify
masculine nouns;
- моя, твоя, наша, ваша are
used to modify feminine nouns;
- моё, твоё, наше, ваше are
used to modify neuter nouns;
- мои, твои, наши, ваши are
used to modify plural nouns.
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The Possessive Pronouns его, её, их.
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Study the following dialogues. Note what Russian pronouns correspond
to English his. Click each statement to
listen, then read aloud.
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1. - Чей это карандаш? - Это его карандаш. |
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| - Whose pencil is this?
- This is his pencil. |
2. - Чья это книга? - Это его книга. |
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- Whose book is this?
- This is his
book. |
3. - Чьё это письмо? - Это его письмо. |
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- Whose letter is this?
- This is his
letter. |
4. - Чьи это книги? - Это его книги. |
*Note the pronunciation of его - [йиво]! |
- Whose books are these?
- These are his
books. |
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Unlike the pronouns мой, твой, наш, ваш, the pronouns его* (his, it's),
её (her; hers, it's), их (their; theirs) never change their
form, no matter what noun they modify (masculine, feminine, neuter, or
plural).
Study the usage of the pronouns его, её, их:
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- студент (он) - это его карандаш,
его книга, его
письмо, его
карандаши, книги,
письма;
- студентка (она) - это её карандаш,
её книга, её
письмо, её
карандаши, книги,
письма;
- студенты (они) - это их карандаш,
их книга, их
письмо, их
карандаши, книги,
письма.
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The
chart below lists all possessive pronouns: |
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whose
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my
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your(s)
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our(s)
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your(s)
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his
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her
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their
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Noun
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Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Plural
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чей?
чья?
чьё?
чьи?
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мой
моя
моё
мои
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твой
твоя
твоё
твои
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наш
наша
наше
наши
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ваш
ваша
ваше
ваши
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его
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её
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их
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карандаш
книга
письмо
книги
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The Possessive Pronoun Ваш, ваш.
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The possessive pronoun ваш (ваша, ваше, ваши) is
used the same way as the personal pronoun вы to address more then
one person or one person on formal/polite terms (in that case Ваш,
Ваша, Ваше, Ваши is capitalized). Compare:
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1. - Таня, Оля, это ваша кошка? |
- Tanya, Olya, is that your cat?
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2. - Иван Петрович, это Ваша книга? |
- Ivan Petrovich, is that your book?
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3. - Анна Петровна, это Ваши дети? |
- Anna Petrovna, are these your children?
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*Петрович, Петровна -
patronymic names |
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Exercises Упражнения |
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| Practise using Possessive Pronouns мой, твой, наш, ваш |
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| Practise using Possessive Pronouns его, её, их |
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| Practise using Possessive Pronouns мой, твой, наш, ваш, его, её, их |
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| Translate into Russian |
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