| Russian grammar and vocabulary. Unit 5 | Grammar Lesson 18
Irregular Plurals of Nouns | Grammar Lesson 19
The -ова- Stem Verbs. The verb любить - to love | Phrasebook Topic 15
Countries and Nationalities | Quiz 12
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 18-19 and Phrasebook Topics 15 with this 15 minute quiz. | Grammar Lesson 20
The Prepositional Case of Adjectives. Uses and Forms | Grammar Lesson 21
The Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns. Uses. Singular and Plural Forms | Phrasebook Topic 16
About My Friends | Quiz 13
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 20-21 and Phrasebook Topics 16 with this 15 minute quiz. | Test 5
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 18-21 and Phrasebook Topics 15-16. |
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The Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns (Singular and
Plural Forms)
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In Russian Possessive and Demonstrative pronouns grammatically function as
adjectives: they also agree with the
noun they modify in gender, number and case.
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Click each of the following statements to listen, then read them aloud.
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Nom.
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Это мой дом.
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This is my house.
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Prep.
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Я говорю о моём доме.
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I am talking about my house.
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Nom.
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Это наш преподаватель.
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This is our teacher.
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Prep.
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Я говорю о нашем преподавателе.
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We are talking about our teacher.
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Nom.
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Это новая книга.
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This is a new book.
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Prep.
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Они говорят о новой книге.
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They are talking about a new book.
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Prep.
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Я много слышала об этой книге.
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I've heard a lot about this book.
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Study the Prepositional case forms of the possessive and demonstrative
pronouns:
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Nominative case
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Prepositional case (with prepositions в, на, о )
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Masculine
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чей? мой, твой, наш, ваш
э
тот, тот
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о чьём? о моём,
о твоём, о нашем,
о вашем,
об этом, о том
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Feminine
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чья? моя, твоя, наша, ваша
э
та, та
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о чьей? о моей,
о твоей, о нашей,
о вашей,
об этой, о той
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Neuter
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чьё? моё, твоё, наше, ваше
э
то, то
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о чьём? о моём,
о твоём, о нашем,
о вашем,
об этом, о том
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Plural
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чьи? мои, твои, наши, ваши
э
ти, те
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о чьих? о моих,
о твоих, о ваших,
о наших,
об этих, о тех
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Endings: -ом(-ём),
-ем; -ой,
-ей; -их, -ех
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Notes (The Endings Analysis)
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Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns grammatically function as adjectives and
have adjectival endings for the Prepositional case: -ом, -ем for masculine
and neuter , -ой, -ей for feminine, and -их for
plural forms.
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The endings -ом and -ой are spelled after a hard consonant.
Examples: об этом
доме - about this house,
в этой книге - in this book.
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The endings -ем and -ей are spelled after ш
(the letter mentioned in the 5-letter spelling rule).
Examples: о нашем преподавателе
- about your instructor,
о вашей сестре - about your sister.
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Prepositional masculine and neuter forms of these pronouns have the
ending -ём and feminine forms have the ending -ей after ь
and о.
Examples: в моём доме
- in my house,
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твоём письме - about your letter,
о чьей сестре - about whose sister,
о твоей сестре - about your sister.
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Prepositional plural forms of these pronouns have the ending -их.
The only exception is тех.
Examples: об этих книгах -
about these books,
в
твоих письмах - in your letters,
о ваших детях - about your children
в тех домах - in those houses
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The Prepositional Case of Nouns and Modifiers: Summary
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The Prepositional case of a noun with the prepositions в (во), на - "in,
on, at" is used to indicate location (i.e. to answer the question Где? -
Where?), with the preposition о (об) - "about" is used to denote the
object of speech or thought (i.e. to answer the question О ком? О чём? - About
who(m)? About what?). The Prepositional case endings for singular nouns (masculine,
feminine and neuter) are -е and -и, for plural nouns:
-ах and -ях.
Examples: в городе, на концерте, о друге,
в России, в тетради; в городах, на концертах, о
друзьях, в тетрадях.
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Nouns' modifiers (adjectives, possessive and demonstrative pronouns) agree with
the noun they describe in gender, number and case. If a noun used in the
Prepositional case has a modifier, the modifier must also be in the
Prepositional case. The Prepositional case endings for masculine and neuter
modifiers are: -ом(-ём), -ем, feminine modifiers: -ой, ей,
plural: -ых, -их.
Examples: в этом городе, на вашем концерте,
о моём русском друге, в твоей новой тетради;
в этих городах, на ваших концертах, о моих русских
друзьях, в новых тетрадях.
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Compare the following Nominative and Prepositional case phrases. Memorize them:
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Nominative case
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Prepositional case
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Translation (Prep. case)
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Кто? Что?
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О ком? О чём? Где?
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About who? About what? Where?
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Masculine and Neuter
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мой новый русский друг
моё новое русское платье
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о моём новом
русском друге
о моём новом
русском платье
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about my new Russian friend
about my new Russian dress
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Feminine
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моя новая русская книга
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о моей новой
русской книге
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about my new Russian book
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Plural
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мои новые русские друзья
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о моих новых
русских друзьях
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about my new Russian friends
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Exercises Упражнения
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Practice using possessive and demonstrative pronouns in the Prepositional case
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Practice using different modifiers in the Prepositional case
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