Lesson 041
Possessive pronouns in the Dative case
In today’s lesson we are looking at Russian possessive pronouns in the Dative case.
To avoid repetitions, we only included in the audio the pronouns in the Dative case.
Changing pronouns
Nominative | Dative | Translation |
---|---|---|
My / mine | ||
мой | моему́ | masculine objects |
моя́ | мое́й | feminine objects |
моё | моему́ | neuter objects |
мои́ | мои́м | plural objects |
Your (informal) | ||
твой | твоему́ | masculine objects |
твоя́ | твое́й | feminine objects |
твоё | твоему́ | neuter objects |
твои́ | твои́м | plural objects |
Our | ||
наш | на́шему | masculine objects |
на́ша | на́шей | feminine objects |
на́ше | на́шему | neuter objects |
на́ши | на́шим | plural objects |
Your (formal or plural) | ||
ваш | ва́шему | masculine objects |
ва́ша | ва́шей | feminine objects |
ва́ше | ва́шему | neuter objects |
ва́ши | ва́шим | plural objects |
Not changing pronouns
pronoun | Translation |
---|---|
его́ | his |
её | her / hers |
его́ | its |
их | their / theirs |
Examples
Nouns and pronouns in the Dative are highlighted.
Э́то пода́рок моему́ брату́.
This is a gift for my brother.
Твое́й де́вушке нра́вятся цветы́?
Does your girlfriend like flowers?
Её дру́гу нра́вится, как она поёт.
Her friend likes her singing.
Мы хоти́м подари́ть цветы́ на́шей учи́тельнице.
We want to give flowers to our teacher.
Предлага́ем ва́шему внима́нию э́ту нови́нку…
We offer to your attention this new product…
Мы направля́емся к их до́му.
We are heading to their house.
Read the examples out loud and practice the pronunciation with the audio track.
The offline version of this lesson is available here
More lessons on the Dative case
- The Dative case in Russian
- The Dative case with singular nouns
- The Dative case with plural nouns
- Personal pronouns in the Dative
- Demonstrative pronouns in the Dative
- Possessive pronouns in the Dative case
More lessons on the Russian possessive pronouns
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