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Here are a few instances when we use Genitive case (2) with the preposition У: 1. У КОГО́ есть что? / нет чего́?  WHO has what / doesn't have what? У меня́ есть маши́на, я её люблю́. - I have a car, I love it. 2. У КОГО́ = У КОГО́ ДО́МА AT WHOSE PLACE Ба́бушка прие́хала! Она́ сейча́с живёт у меня́! - My grandma came to visit! She's staying at my place! 3. Спроси́ть / узна́ть / взять / купи́ть У КОГО́? Ask / learn / take / buy FROM WHOM? - Где нахо́дится Музе́й фотогра́фии? - Where is the Museum of Photography? - Не зна́ю. Спроси́ у Ма́ши, она всё зна́ет. - I don't know. Ask Masha, she knows everything. - Где ты взяла́ таки́е вку́сные я́блоки? - Where did you get these delicious apples? - У тёти Ни́ны. У неё вы́росло мно́го я́блок, и она́ дала́ мне не́сколько. - I got them from aunt Nina. She reaped a lot of apples and gave me some.

This verb is one of the many verbs of motion we have in the Russian language. They always go in pairs: идти́ - ходи́ть (to go on foot), е́хать - е́здить (to go by transport), бежа́ть - бе́гать (to run) etc. The first verb in these pairs denote a unidirectional motion, and the second one is for a multidirectional motion. The verb е́здить is multidirectional, and of course it has a unidirectional twin - е́хать . So, if you're moving in one direction and by transport, you use the verb ехать: Я сейча́с е́ду на рабо́ту. = I'm going to work now. But if you're thinking of moving in several different directions and using transport, then you should use е́здить : Я всегда́ е́зжу на рабо́ту на метро́. = I always go to work by subway (this situation implies going back and forth to work and back home, which makes more than one direction). To say what means of transport you're using, you need to use the Prepositional case (6) with the preposition НА: е́здить на по́езде - to go b...

Here is how you can make plural forms of nouns: Note that if a word ends in Й, you only have to replace the Й with И. If the stem of the noun ends in К, Г, Х, Ж, Ш, Ч or Щ, we always add И after it: And here are some irregular plural forms:

ДОЖДЛИ́ВО [dazhdlíva] Сего́дня дождли́во. = It’s rainy today. Please note the difference between the adverb ДОЖДЛИ́ВО and the adjective ДОЖДЛИ́ВЫЙ. Adjectives require a noun and can't be used separately: Сего́дня дождли́вый день (adj+noun) VS. Сего́дня дождли́во (adv) Сего́дня холо́дный день (adj+noun) VS. Сего́дня хо́лодно (adv) Вчера́ был со́лнечный день (adj+noun) VS. Вчера́ бы́ло со́лнечно (adv)

Какой день? VS. Когда? В какой день? Сегодня среда. В среду я хожу в бассейн. It's wednesday today. I go to the swimmimg pool on Wednesdays.

Take a look at how the gender of adjectives changes according to the gender of nouns they refer to: Click the image to enlarge. Or download JPG here!

Here are some colours for you to study this time! The pics of colours come from  this amazing site by Mike Kloran . He makes materials for English learners, but a bit of Photoshop - and pics work for any language, right? Thank you, Mike! ))

It's been a while since we decided to share some grammar materials with you. And here is the first draft! Yay! =) It's a table with ADJECTIVES, only in the Nominative case - for beginners. We plan to post JPG pictures here and also share links to downloadable PDF files, so you can print them out and have a closer look. These are going to be tables from the  http://speak-russian.cie.ru site and also the ones that we didn't upload there. Like this one below - it's not on the site yet, so you guys are the first to see it! So.. Enjoy, and don't forget to let us know what you think - either here or on Facebook. Talk soon! Click on the pic to see in the original size. Or DOWNLOAD the PDF here: http://boookish.posterous.com/54760152