Russian Prepositional Case (In,
At and About)
In
Russian, the prepositional case is used after the prepositions “о” (about), “в”
(in), “на” (at).
Note:
Sometimes these prepositions are used with other cases, this gives them a
different meaning.
Nouns in prepositional
case answer the following questions:
О ком? – About
whom?
О чем? – About
what?
Где? – Where is it?
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Nominative
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Prepositional
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Masculine
1. Add : “е”.
2: Some nouns (mostly single syllable) take “у”
(but not after preposition “о”)
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Завод (factory)
Инженер (engineer)
Город (city)
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На заводе (at the factory)
Это история об инженере (this story is about the
engineer)
Мы живем в городе (we live in a city)
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Feminine
1. Replace “а” with “е”.
2. Replace “я” with “е”.
3. Replace “ь” with “и”
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Река (river)
Стена (wall)
Семья (family)
Крепость (fortress)
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Мы рыбачим на реке (we are fishing at the
river)
Картина висит на стене (The picture is hanging on a wall)
Это вопрос о семье (That’s a question about the family)
Войска находятся в крепости (the troops are in a fortress)
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Neuter
1. Replace “о” with “е”
2. “е” remains unchanged.
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Вино (wine)
Стекло (glass)
Зеркало (mirror)
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Он спросил о вине (he asked about wine)
Муха сидит на стекле (The fly is sitting on a
glass)
Он увидел свое отражение в зеркале (He saw his reflection
in a mirror)
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Plurals
Look at the last letter nominative singular form (dictionary
form) and...
1. Replace "а", "о" or a
consonant with "ах".
2. Replace the last letter «ь» with "ях"
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Туристы (tourists)
Гвозди (nails)
Страны (countries)
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Саша пишет о туристах(Sasha is writing about the
tourists)
Он выяснил о гвоздях (He made an inquire about the nails)
Она побывала в разных странах (she’s
been in different countries)
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Exercise:
translate in to Russian:
- Where do you live?
- I live in Moscow.
- I live in London.
- I live in St.
Petersburg.
- I live in Siberia.
-I live
in Dundee
- I live
in Kirremuir
Exercise:
translate in to Russian the questions about somebodies whereabout:
- Where is she?
- At the station
- At the post office
- In the garden
- In the forest
- On the street
Home work:
Do the exercise where you can check yourself here:
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