035 – Personal pronouns in the Genitive
Last three lessons we dedicated to forming the Genitive case with masculine, feminine and neuter singular Russian nouns.
But as you might have already noticed, not only nouns change their form in different cases but the pronouns as well. Today we’ll learn the Russian personal pronouns in the Genitive and practice their use.
| English pronoun | Russian pronoun | Genitive form |
|---|---|---|
| I | я | меня́ |
| you (singular) | ты | тебя́ |
| he | он | его́ / него́ |
| she | она́ | её / неё |
| it | оно́ | его́ / него́ |
| we | мы | нас |
| you (plural) | вы | вас |
| they | они́ | их / них |
Notice the for the pronouns он, она, оно and они there are two forms, one of them is with Н as the first letter. This form with Н should be used only after the prepositions. In all other cases use the form without Н.
Now, let’s practice with some examples (the pronouns in the Genitive are highlighted):
Э́ти цветы́ для меня́.
These flowers are for me.
Для тебя́ письмо́.
There is a letter for you.
Его здесь нет.
He is not here.
Её здесь нет.
She is not here.
Мы пригото́вили сюрпри́з для них.
We have prepared a surprise for them.
Today’s vocabulary:
для [dlya] – for
цветы́ [tsvee-tý] – flowers
письмо́ [pees’-mó] – letter
пригото́вили [pree-ga-tó-vee-lee] – they prepared
сюрпри́з [syur-preés] – surprise
Practice all today’s words and phrases with the audio track.
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We’d like just to let you know that this course is designed for quite a long time (for example, we’ll be studying the Prepositional case only in November). We want to provide our readers with basics so that they could use this knowledge in their everyday practice.
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