Russian: genitive case

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Contents 1 General 2 Functions of the Genitive 3 Inflections 3.1 Noun declension 3.2 Adjective inflection 4 Pronouns 4.1 Personal pronouns 4.2 Possessive pronouns 5 Prepositions

General

The Genitive case answers to the question words кого? and чего?.

Functions of the Genitive

The Genitive is used to show ownership or relationship.

Вот книга Марка.

Here is Mark's book (the book of Mark.)

The Genitive is also used:

to show possession

У него (есть) книга.

He has the book (at/by him (is) book.)

to show absence with нет

Здесь нет книги.

There isn't a book here.

For now more examples may be found here: http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/RWT/tutorials/0018genitive-use.html

Inflections

Noun declension

Adjective inflection

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

меня, тебя, него, неё, нас, вас, них

Possessive pronouns

Male/neuter: моего, твоего, нашего, вашего
Female:      моей, твоей, нашей, вашей
Plural:      моих, твоих, наших, ваших

Prepositions

Prepositions that take the Genitive case are:

без  	 without
впереди 	to the front of
для 	for (the purpose of)
до 	until, as far as, up to
из 	from (source), out of
мимо 	past
около 	near, about
от 	from (a given point)
после 	after
против 	against
ради 	for the sake of
с 	from
у 	at, by/ alongside of, at the home/ office of, have