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The Genitive Case
The English equivalent of the genitive case is the preposition "of".
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The Genitive Case
The genitive is also used after the words нет, не было, не будет. For example:
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Genitive Case (Singular)
Add -а to masculine nouns ending in a hard consonant (брат) and neuter nouns ending in -o (окно).Add -я to masculine nouns ending in -й, -ь (чай, учитель) and neuter nouns ending in -е, -ие (море, орудие).Add -и to feminine nouns ending in -я, -ь (печь).Add -ы to feminine nouns ending in -a (вода).Exception 1: Because of the spelling rules, you should use the ending -иinstead of -ы in feminine nouns ending in hard к, г, х or ж ш. For example: девочка - девочки, книга книги.Exception 2: Because of the spelling rules, you should use the ending -аinstead of -я in masculine nouns ending in ч, щ. For example: ключ - ключа, товарищ - товарища.Exception 3: Maculine nouns ending а, я follow the same pattern as feminine nouns ending in а, я. For example: папа - папы.
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Genitive Case (Plural)
Add -oв to masculine nouns ending in a consonant.Add -ев to masculine nouns ending in -й. Add -ёв to one-syllable nouns like край, чай. Exceptions are nouns like брат, лист which get the ending -ьев.Add -ей to feminine nouns ending in -ь and masculine nouns ending in -ь, ж, ч, ш, щ.Add -й to neuter nouns ending in -e.Neuter nouns ending in -o and feminine and masculine nouns ending in -а, -я lose their endings.
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Examples: (Change Nominative to Genitive) (Singular)
брат
чай
окно
море
печь
вода
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Examples: (Change Nominative to Genitive) (Plural)
мост
брат
край
трамвай
учитель
окно
море
печь
коса
стая
- мостов
- братьев
- краёв
- трамваев
- учителей
- окон
- морей
- печей
- косстай
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