| Russian grammar and vocabulary. Unit 6 | Grammar Lesson 22
Expressing Possession: Genitive Case of Nouns (introduction). Uses and Singular forms.
Question Чей? - Whose? | Grammar Lesson 23
Genitive Case of Adjectives, Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns | Grammar Lesson 24
Indicating Having And Not Having Something. Genitive Case of Personal Pronouns | Phrasebook Topic 17
Food | Quiz 14
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 22-24 and Phrasebook Topics 17 with this 15 minute quiz. | Grammar Lesson 25
Verbs of Going (introduction). Going by foot vs. going by vehicle. Saying "Let's go!". Asking Where: Где? vs. Куда? | Grammar Lesson 26
Denoting an Indirect Object. Dative Case of Nouns. Uses and forms. Dative Case of Personal Pronouns | Grammar Lesson 27
Dative Case of Adjectives, Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns | Quiz 15
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 25-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17 with this 15 minute quiz. | Test 6
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 22-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17. |
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The Genitive Case of Adjectives (Formation of Singular Forms)
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If a noun is used in the Genitive case, the adjective that modifies that
noun must also be in the Genitive case.
Study the formation of the Genitive
Singular of adjectives:
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Hard stem
adjectives
Nominative -> Genitive
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Soft stem adjectives
Nominative -> Genitive
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новый -> нового
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синий -> синего
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новая -> новой
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синяя -> синей
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новый -> нового
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синее -> синего
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Genitive Singular endings of adjectives:
-ого
(-его)
and -ой
(-ей)
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Notes
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The regular (hard stem) Genitive case ending for masculine and neuter
adjectives is -ого, for feminine adjectives
is -ой.
Examples:
фамилия нового студента - a new student's last name (male
student),
фамилия новой студентки - a new student's last name
(female student),
берег Чёрного моря - the Black Sea shore.
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The ending for soft stem masculine and neuter adjectives in the Genitive
case is -его;
for soft stem feminine adjectives is
-ей. Examples:
рассказы раннего Чехова - early Chekhov stories (=stories
by early Chekhov),
берег синего моря -
blue sea shore,
дверь синей машины - blue car's door.
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If an adjective stem ends in a letter mentioned in the 5-letter spelling rule (ж,
ш, щ, ч, ц) and the ending is unstressed, then -ого
becomes -его, and -ой becomes -ей respectively.
Examples:
машина старшего брата - oldest brother's car,
словарь старшей сестры - oldest siste's dictionary.
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The Genitive Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns (Formation of
Singular Forms)
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Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns that modify a noun in the
Genitive case must also be in the Genitive case. Memorize the Genitive Singular
forms:
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Nominative
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Genitive
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Masculine
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чей? мой, твой, наш, ваш
э
тот, тот
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чьего? моего,
твоего, нашего,
вашего,
этого,
того
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Feminine
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чья? моя, твоя, наша, ваша
э
та, та
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чьей? моей,
твоей, нашей,
вашей,
этой, той
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Neuter
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чьё? моё, твоё, наше, ваше
э
то, то
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чьего? моего,
твоего, нашего,
вашего,
этого, того
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Genitive Singular endings: -ого
(-его); -ой (-ей)
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Notes
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Genitive Singular endings for noun modifiers (adjectives, possessive and
demonstrative pronouns) are the same: -ого (-его), -ой (-ей).
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Pay attention to the word order, which in Russian is normally this:
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object possessed (owned, etc) +
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possessor (owner, etc) in the Genitive case with all modifiers
preceding it
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машина
словарь
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моего старшего брата
моей старшей сестры
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Click each sentence to listen, then read it aloud. Note different word
order in Russian and in English.
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1. Это машина моего старшего брата.
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1. This is my oldest brother's car.
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2. Это словарь моей старшей сестры.
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2. This is my oldest sister's dictionary.
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3. Как фамилия того нового студента?
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3. What is that new student's last name?
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Exercises Упражнения
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Form the Genitive singular of adjectives and other modifiers
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Translation
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