Russian Cases – Genitive Singular. Learn Russian Grammar with Russian from Russia! Rusian cases made easy 🙂


It’s not easy to remember the six Russian cases’ endings. That’s why I’ve started my new Russian lessons series “6 Minute Cases Drill“. I hope these videos will help you to get used to the Russian cases. Russian Cases – Genitive Singular video will help you memorize them.

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The main function of the Genitive case is to show possession. In English, it is expressed by the preposition ‘of’ or an apostrophe (‘s).

Это твой карандаш? Нет, это карандаш моего брата.

Это ваша машина? Нет, это машина моей тети.

The genitive is used after negation.

Его нет здесь.

It also can be used when talking about location, time etc

Prepositions that we use with the Genitive case are: от, до, для, из-за, у, без, ради, вокруг, око­ло, мимо

If you would like to practice Genitive Plural, check this video

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