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Practice: the genitive case

Practise the Ukrainian genitive: of and 's, masculine -а or -у, quantities, numbers from five up, нема́є, and the genitive plural with no ending, -ів or -ей.

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What you will practise

Form the genitive singular and plural of common nouns and use it after quantities, numbers, нема́є and of.

Intermediate · 9 questions · fill in the blank and multiple choice

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Question 1 of 9

Put the noun into the genitive.

Це кни́га .

Meaning: This is my sister's book.

Word to use: (сестра́)

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Grammar

The genitive case

The genitive singular and plural endings, how masculine nouns choose between -а and -у, and the main uses of the genitive, from "of" and quantities to нема́є and the prepositions без, для, до, з, від, біля, після and у.

Grammar

Negation

How to say no and not in Ukrainian with ні and не, why Ukrainian uses double negatives, and how to say "there is no" with нема́є and the genitive.

Grammar

Common prepositions

The most common Ukrainian prepositions and the case each one takes, place versus direction with в/у and на, and when to write у or в, з, із or зі.

Grammar

Noun plurals

How to make the plural of Ukrainian nouns with -и, -і, -ї, -а and -я, why the stress often moves, the common irregular plurals, nouns that exist only in the plural, and nouns that never change.

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