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[xxharmonovxx.livejournal.com]

Hey. I study russian at my high school. i figured id join this community incase i have any questions about the russian language.
can someone tell me when i am suppose to use the genitive case?
thank you

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[kasak.livejournal.com]

Зравствуй!

(I like the icon. I love Cheburashka.)

The Genetive case is usually used to express possession. We have something like a Genetive case in English.

Дом Джона.
(Дом=Nominative masculine singular Джона=Genetive masculine singluar of Джон)

Litterally, the above means "House of John" although it could just as easily be "John's house." Any time you want to say some is "of something," you'd use the Genetive case.

Друг мамы. = Friend of [my] mama or [My] mama's friend.
Кошка подруги. = Cat of [my female] friend or [My female] friend's cat.

The other major use of the Genetive case is as an indicator of an animate direct object. So, whenever you use the Accusative case referring to a living masculine noun, use the Genetive.

Я люблю русский язык. = I love Russian language (Russian language is masculine singular inanimate/non-living)
Я люблю своего отца. = I love my father (father is masculine singluar animate/living)
Я люблю свою бабушку. = I love my grandma (grandma is feminine singluar, so regardless of whether or not the noun is animate or not, you use the normal у/ю ending for singluar and и/ы for plural)

If you have any further questions, don't be afraid to ask!

[belacane.livejournal.com]

it's also used when expressing the absence of something... after the word "net"
(sorry can't type in russian on this crappy old computer)....

numbers also make use fo the genitive case:
after numbers 2-4 is genitive singular
after numbers 5-20 genitive plural is used
the number 1 takes nominitive singular.
It starts all over again after 20, so 21 takes nom. sing, 22 - 24 takes gen. sing and 25 takes gen. pl.

[yers.livejournal.com]

The other major use of the Genetive case is as an indicator of an animate direct object.

Not quite true. You always use accusative with direct objects. Your examples are correct, of course, *but* "своего отца" is formally considered accusative, identical in its form to the genitive.

[xxharmonovxx.livejournal.com]

thanks everyone. i have a test next peiod in russian, so this was alot of help.

[lexabear.livejournal.com]

Several prepositions also take the genative. For example, Я вышла из комнаты - I left the room.