genitive case !

1. this indicates the subject possessing something, a lack of something, to use the word 'of' and for quantities !

how to make a neuter plural ?

• ending in -й, -ь, -я = add -ей

how to make a feminine plural ?

• ending in -а/-о = remove the ending !!!

how to make a masculine plural ?

• consonant ending = add -ов (hard stem) or -ев (soft stem)

how to make genitive nouns?

• feminine:

  • replace -а with -ы

  • replace -я/-ь with -и

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• masculine:

  • consonant ending = add ‘-a’

  • replace -й/-ь with -я !

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• neuteur:

  • replace -о with -а !

  • replace -е with -я !

how to make genitive adjectives?

• feminine:

  • Replace -ая with -ой

  • Replace -яя with -ей

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• masculine/neuter:

  • Replace -ый or -ой with -ого

  • Replace -ий with -его

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• plural (all genders):

  • replace -ые with -ых

  • replace -ие with -их

purposes ?

• Possession: Indicates ownership

• Negation: Used to show a lack of existence

• Quantities and Measures: Used with numbers and expressions of quantity

• For subject of certain Verbs: (e.g., бояться – to fear, хотеть – to want).