Prepositional Case Guidelines

Question 1

Nominative Case ends in a consonant (ex. й)

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 1

Add “е”

Question 2

Nominative case ends in: й а я

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 2

drop й, а or я, add “е”

Question 3

Exception, never write “ие”

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 3

Write “ии”

Question 4

Exception, foreign words ending in: о и у

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 4

keep as is (prep case is the same as nominative case)

Question 5

в or во

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 5

в becomes “во” before words that begin with two consonants if the first consonant is “в” or “ф”

Question 6

Nominative: Нью-Йорк

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 6

Prepositional: в Нью-Йорке

– in New York –

Question 7

Nominative: Санкт-Петербург

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 7

Prepositional: в Санкт-Петербурге

– in Saint Petersburg –

Question 8

Nominative: музей

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 8

Prepositional: в музее

– in the museum –

Question 9

Nominative: Москва

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 9

Prepositional: в Москве

– in Moscow –

Question 10

Nominative: Аня

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 10

Prepositional: об Ане

– about Anya –

Question 11

Nominative: Калифорния

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 11

Prepositional: в Калифорнии

– in California –

Question 12

Nominative: Колорадо

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 12

Prepositional: в Колорадо

– in Colorado –

Question 13

Nominative: Миссури

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 13

Prepositional: в Миссури

– in Missouri –

Question 14

Nominative: Баку

… form the Prepositional Case

Answer 14

Prepositional: в Баку

– in Baku –