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| will72694 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5703 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 5 12 June 2009 at 8:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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As I was reading a book on Russian grammar, I saw that there are four possible genitive plural endings for Russian
nouns! Is this true? If so, what are the rules on which ending to use? Thanks for the help! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| SII Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5791 days ago 184 posts - 194 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English | Message 2 of 5 13 June 2009 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Russian endings depend on the gender and the ending of a noun in nom. sing. There are three declensions; each declension have the own set of endings. Edited by SII on 13 June 2009 at 12:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6445 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 3 of 5 13 June 2009 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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This page should help:
Russian genitive plural declension Edited by josht on 13 June 2009 at 5:52pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Grammaticus Hexaglot Newbie Norway Joined 5752 days ago 36 posts - 40 votes Speaks: FrenchC2, Norwegian*, EnglishC2, GermanC2, Italian, Russian | Message 4 of 5 18 June 2009 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Only four? On the top of my head, I'm not quite sure. The genitive plural is quite tricky and takes a lot of practice to handle correctly. If you're just starting learning russian, I would suggest you not to get too hung up in the genitive plural. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6271 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 5 of 5 23 June 2009 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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It is a difficult area in Russian, although eventually you master it, because the genitive plural is quite common and you simply learn it through exposure. In the same way, irregular verbs are often the common ones in many languages, more common than the regular ones.
Polish genitive plurals are also difficult - it seems to be a Slavic language trait. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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