Genitive Case. Singular nouns

  1. Masculine and neuter nouns that end in a hard stem have the ending -a in the genitive singular:
    2. nominativegenitive
    братбрата
    автобусавтобуса
    АнтонАнтона
    окноокна
    письмописьма
  2. Masculine and neuter nouns that end in a soft consonant have the ending -я in the genitive singular:
    3. nominativegenitive
    трамвайтрамвая
    ЮрийЮрия
    учительучителя
    мореморя
  3. Feminine nous that end in a hard stem have the ending -ы in the genitive singular:
    4. nominativegenitive
    сестрасестры
    НинаНины
  4. Feminine nouns that end in a soft consonant have the ending -и in the genitive singular:
    5. nominativegenitive
    АняАни
    МарияМарии
    неделянедели
    матьматери
    дочьдочери
  5. Feminine nouns that have a stem ending in the letters к, г, х, ч, ж, ш, щ, have the ending -и in the genitive singular (because of the spelling rule problem):
    6. nominativegenitive
    книгакниги
    копейкакопейки
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