Russian Cases- Dative

Dative

Nouns
  • masculine and neuter nouns with a hard stem will take the ending -у   * e.g. стол - столу
  • masculine and neuter nouns with a soft stem will take the ending -ю   * e.g. трамвай - трамваю
  • feminine nouns ending in -а or -я will take the ending -е   * e.g. рыба - рыбе
  • feminine nouns ending in -ия will change to -ии   * e.g. партия - партии
  • feminine nouns ending in -ь will remove the soft sign and add -и   * e.g. роль - роли
  • all plural nouns will take the endings -ам/-ям   * e.g. стол - столам

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Adjectives
  • masculine and neuter adjectives will take the ending -ому/-ему
  • feminine adjectives take the ending -ой/-ей
  • plural adjectives take the endings -ым/-им

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Possessives
  • masculine and neuter possessives take -ему
  • feminine possessives take -ей
  • all plural possessives will take the endings -ым/-им

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