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va´wej

va´wimi

\´tim

\´toj

\´timi

tem

toj

te´mi

vsem

vsej

vse´mi

h;im

h;ej

h;i´mi

Singular

Plural

q

mnoj

my

na´mi

ty

tobo´j

vy

va´mi

on / onoím

onií´mi

onaéj

kto

kem

hto

hem

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Exercise 9

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Put the words in brackets into the instrumental.

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(Utro) 20 a´vgusta situaćiq staĺa boĺee (qsnaq). V \´tot den; 6

El;cin stal (si´mvol) demokra´tii: pod (egoŕukovo´dstvo) odeŕ'ana 7

pobe´da nad (kommunisti´heskaq nomenklatuŕa). Gorbahe¨v boĺ;we 8111

ne poĺ;zuetsq (populqŕnost;) sredi rossi´jskix demokra´tov.

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Nerewi´tel;nost; Gorbahe¨va qviĺas; (glavnaq prihińa) kriźisa ego´

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poli´tiki. (Tako´j o´braz) El;cin s (ego´ xarizmati´heskij avtorite´t 2

i tve¨rdaq uveŕennost;) stal (gla´vnaq politi´heskaq sila´) v Rossií.

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Vocabulary ♦

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nerewi´tel;nost;

indecision

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odeŕ'ana pobe´da

victory was achieved

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rukovo´dstvo

leadership

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tve¨rdaq uveŕennost;

unshakeable confidence

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Prepositional case

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Uses of the prepositional case

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The prepositional case is used after certain prepositions: v ‘in’ (place); 6

na ‘on, at’ (place); o / ob / obo ‘about, concerning’; pri ‘at the time 7

of, in the presence of, adjoining’. More information about v may be 8

found in Units 4 and 12, about na in Unit 2 and about o / ob / obo in 9

Unit 6.

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Endings in the prepositional case

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Nouns

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Masculine

Feminine

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Singular

Plural

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Plural

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prezideńte

prezideńtax

gaze´te

gaze´tax

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tramvaé

tramva´qx

nedeĺe

nedeĺqx

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kremle´

kremlq´x

revol[

ćii

revol[

ćiqx

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vozmo´'nosti

vozmo´'nostqx

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Neuter

Singular

Plural

vine´

vińax

moŕe

morq´x

zdańii

zdańiqx

vre´meni

vremena´x

Note:

Certain masculine nouns take the ending -u´ after the prepositions v and na, though not after other prepositions taking the prepositional case. These nouns include: les – v lesu´ ‘in the forest’; beŕeg – na beregu´ ‘on the bank’; pol – na polu´ ‘on the floor’; sad – v sadu´

‘in the garden’; ugol – v uglu´ ‘in the corner’; god – v pro´wlom godu´ ‘last year’; wkaf – v wkafu´ ‘in the cupboard’; Krym – v Krymu´ ‘in the Crimea’.

Adjectives and pronouns

Masculine and Neuter

Feminine

Plural

intereśnom

intereśnoj

intereśnyx

dre´vnem

dre´vnej

dre´vnix

moe¨m

moe´j

moi´x

tvoe¨m

tvoe´j

tvoi´x

na´wem

na´wej

na´wix

va´wem

va´wej

va´wix

\´tom

\´toj

\´tix

tom

toj

tex

vse¨m

vsej

vsex

h;e¨m

h;ej

h;ix

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Singular

Plural

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q

mne

my

nas

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ty

tebe´

vy

vas

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on / onońe¨m

onińix

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onańej

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kto

kom

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hto

he¨m

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Exercise 10

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Put the words in brackets into the prepositional case.

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1 Beĺyj dom naxo´ditsq v (centr) Moskvyńa (Krasnopreśnenskaq 8

na´ber'naq). 2 Vo vre´mq perevoro´ta Gorbahe¨v byl v (Krym) na 9

(beŕeg) moŕq. 3 V (zdańie) Beĺogo do´ma zasedaét parla´ment Rossií.

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4 Intereśno sly´wat; ob (\´ti soby´tiq) v (va´wa strana´). 5 Milićiq 1