Nouns Flashcards
(19 cards)
What does the nominative case denote?
The subject of the sentence.
What does the accusative case denote?
The object of the sentence.
What does the dative case denote?
The indirect object of the sentence.
What does the genitive case denote?
Ownership (e.g. Anna’s flowers)
What does the instrumental case denote?
Indicates “with” or “by means of” (e.g. Anna writes with a pencil)
What does the prepositional case denote?
It is used after certain prepositions (in, on, at and about)
A noun is masculine if it ends in …
a consonant
й
Ь (but can also be feminine)
A noun is feminine if it ends in …
а
я
ь (but can also be masculine)
A noun is neuter if it ends in …
о
е
To change a masculine noun ending in a consonant from singular to plural …
E.g. студеит
Add ы
E.g. студенты (students)
To change a masculine noun ending in й from singular to plural …
Replace й with и
To change a masculine or feminine noun ending in ь from singular to plural …
Replace ь with и
To change a feminine noun ending in а from singular to plural …
E.g. газета
Replace a with ы
E.g. газеты
To change a feminine noun ending in я from singular to plural …
Replace я with и
To change a neuter noun ending in о from singular to plural …
Replace о with а
To change a neuter noun ending in е from singular to plural …
E.g. здание
Replace е with я
E.g. здания
Rules for forming accusative case for masculine nouns.
There are 4.
- If noun is inanimate, no change.
- If noun is animate and ends in a consonant, add “a”.
- If noun is animate, replace й with я.
- If noun is animate, replace ь with я.
Rules for forming accusative case for feminine nouns.
There are 2.
- Replace а with у.
2. Replace я with ю.
Rules for forming accusative case for neuter nouns.
Inanimate nouns do not change. (Almost all neuter nouns are inanimate.)
