You can define the case in the plural. Genitive plural nouns

In the practical application of the nominative plural of nouns, students often face the problem of correct spelling of endings. The article provides the basic rules, exceptions to them and examples of spelling endings in such a case.

Features of the Nominative Plural of Nouns

In the nominative plural, nouns do not retain the declension differences characteristic of singular nouns and have endings -s(s), -and I). Nouns I. p. in the plural have the same syntactic meaning as in the singular, and answer questions Who? What?

Examples of nominative plural forms are presented in the table:

Spelling of noun endings 2 declensions

The spelling of the endings of the plural nouns of the nominative case of the 2nd declension depends on the characteristics of each individual word.

• The ending -s(s)
  • Most monosyllabic nouns (tables, soups, juices);
  • Trisyllabic and polysyllabic nouns with mid-word stress (librarians, contracts, pharmacists);
  • Nouns whose primary form is stressed on the second syllable (salads, berets, watermelons);
  • Foreign nouns with stem on -er/er(often of French origin) (chauffeurs, stuntmen), as well as nouns of Latin origin with a basis in - tor/-ter/-sor (capacitors, lecturers, computers).
• The ending -and I) have nouns I. p. plural:
  • neuter nouns (windows, grains, pickles);
  • Nouns Denoting Paired Concepts (sleeves, sides, sides);
  • Most two-syllable nouns with stress on the first syllable (cities, voices, boats);
  • Some monosyllabic nouns (houses, forests, varieties).

Exceptions

Masculine nouns 2 declensions with stem on -anyin/-janin form the form of I. p. plural with the ending -e and suffix truncation (citizens, Kievans, Drevlyans).Neutral nouns with stem on -ko(Besides cloud, cloud, army) have in the form I. p. plural ending -and (apples, shoulders, glasses).

Declension of nouns

Declension is a change in words of various parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, numerals, pronouns, participles) in cases and numbers. Nouns in Russian have three main types of declension, which are shown in the table below. If you need numerals, you can read about declension of numerals in another article.

The main types of declension of nouns in Russian

In the plural, there are practically no differences between the types of declension, so we can speak separately about the special declension of plural nouns.

On the spelling of case endings of nouns, see: Spelling of unstressed endings of nouns.

Cases express the different roles of a noun in a sentence. There are six cases in Russian. You can determine the case of a noun in a sentence by the question.

In addition to the main questions, the case of a noun can also be recognized by the auxiliary questions that are answered by the circumstances. So the question is where? assumes the genitive case (from the store, from the camel); question where? assumes the accusative case (to the forest, to a lecture, to a lesson); question where? suggests a prepositional case (in the forest, at a lecture, at a lesson).

The following table will present the names of the cases of the Russian language, questions for each case and auxiliary questions. (grade 3) - table:

The nominative case is called the direct case, and all other cases are called indirect cases.

We summarize the difference in declinations in the following table.

Variants of nominative plural endings for masculine nouns authors / shores

Some masculine nouns in the nominative plural may have the stressed ending -а (-я) instead of the ending -ы (-и). This is first of all:

1) many monosyllabic nouns such as forest - forests, silk - silks, side - sides, eye - eyes, snow - snow, etc .;

2) many disyllabic nouns that have singular stress on the first syllable, for example: coast - coast, voice - voices, evening - evenings, city - cities, district - districts, skull - skulls, etc.

However, strict patterns of distribution of nouns according to endings cannot be found, since fluctuations are observed in this part of the language. We list in the table below the most common normative options in which errors are possible.

The following most common nouns allow the formation of the nominative plural in two ways:

Some nouns with different endings in the nominative plural differ in meaning. Here are the most commonly used words:

Variants of endings of the genitive case of plural nouns

In the genitive plural, nouns can have endings - , -ov (-ev), -ey . There are also large fluctuations in this area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe tongue. We will give in the table the most common normative options in which errors are possible.

Inflected nouns

Variable nouns include ten neuter nouns for -mya (burden, time, udder, banner, name, flame, tribe, seed, stirrup, crown) and a masculine noun path. They are called heterogeneous because in the genitive, dative and prepositional cases of the singular they have the ending of nouns of the 3rd declension -i, and in the instrumental - the ending of nouns of the 2nd declension -em / -em.

Nouns in -mya have the suffix -en- / -yon- in the genitive, dative, instrumental and prepositional cases of the singular and in all cases of the plural, and the words seed, stirrup, in addition to this suffix, have the suffix -yan in the genitive case of the plural - (seeds, stirrups).

Let's show the change of inflected nouns in the following table.

Indeclinable nouns. Gender of indeclinable nouns

In Russian, there are indeclinable nouns - words that do not change by case. These include foreign nouns with a stem on vowels (coat, cafe, taxi, kangaroo, menu, Show, Sochi, Tbilisi), foreign feminine nouns on a consonant (Miss, Mrs, Madame, George Sand's novel), Russian and Ukrainian surnames on -o and -s / -ih and -ago (visiting the Dolgikhs, Shevchenko's poem, reading about Zhivago, from Durnovo) and compound abbreviated words like general store, CSKA, Moscow State University, All-Russian Exhibition Center.

The case of an indeclinable noun is determined by the question and by the inflected words dependent on this noun (if any), for example: Take off (what? - accusative) coat; In this (in what? in what? - prepositional) coat you will be hot.

The number of an indeclinable noun is determined by the inflected words dependent on it (if any), by the verb (if any) or by the context, for example: These (which are plural) coats are no longer on sale; The coat was (singular) very expensive; Ten coats (plural) were brought to the shop.

Indeclinable nouns mostly belong to the middle gender: popsicle, subway, coffee, cocoa, menu, taxi, sometimes - to the masculine: coffee, penalty. The gender of many such nouns can be determined by the following features:

1) the gender of the designated person or animal (for animate nouns): rich / rich rentier, old / old kangaroo;

2) generic (general) concept: wide avenue (avenue street view), delicious kohlrabi (kohlrabi - a type of cabbage), sunny Sukhumi (Sukhumi - city);

3) the main word underlying the phrase, from which the compound word was formed: wonderful Youth Theater (theater of the young spectator), new hydroelectric power station (hydroelectric power station).

Degrees of comparison of qualitative adjectives

In accordance with his general meaning quality adjectives have two degrees of comparison, showing differences in the degree of manifestation of a feature - comparative and superlative.

The comparative degree indicates a greater manifestation of a trait in one subject than in another, for example: This cake is sweeter than a cake (sweeter than a cake). The comparative degree can be simple and compound.

A simple comparative degree is formed from adjectives using the suffixes -ee (s), -e, -she. Before the suffix -e, there is always an alternation of stem consonants.

beautiful - beautiful-her (beautiful-her)

wise - wise-her (wise-her)

sweet - sweeter

low - lower

thin - thinner

Adjectives in the form of a simple comparative degree do not change either by gender, or by cases, or by numbers. In a sentence, they are most often predicates, rarely - definitions, for example:

This city is more beautiful than our native (predicate).

Let's find a prettier place (definition).

A compound comparative degree is formed by adding more or less to an adjective.

sweet - more (less) sweet

low - more (less) low

The second word in the form of a compound comparative degree changes in gender, cases and numbers. In a sentence, adjectives in this form can be both predicates and definitions, for example:

The weather today is warmer than a week ago (predicate).

Let's bathe him in warmer water (definition).

Superlatives indicate the superiority of a given subject in comparison with the rest on some basis, for example: Everest - the tallest pinnacle in the world. The superlative, like the comparative, can be simple and compound.

A simple superlative degree is formed from adjectives using the suffix -eysh- (-aysh-).

wise - wise

quiet - tish-aysh-y

Adjectives in the simple superlative form change by gender, case, and number. In a sentence, they can be both definitions and predicates, for example:

Everest is the highest peak in the world (definition).

This crater is the deepest (predicate).

1. The words most, most, least are added to the adjective, for example: beautiful - the most beautiful, the most beautiful, the least beautiful.

In the form of a compound superlative degree with the word most by gender, cases and numbers, both words change, and with the words most and least - only the adjective.

In a sentence, these forms can be both definitions and predicates.

We came to the most beautiful park (definition).

This park is the most beautiful (predicate).

2. The word of everything is added to the comparative degree of the adjective, if there is a comparison with inanimate objects and phenomena, and the word of all, if there is a comparison with living objects or phenomena, or if one of the objects is compared with all.

This house is the tallest in the area.

This house is taller than all the houses in the area.

This boy is the tallest in the school.

These forms do not change. In a sentence, they are predicates.

How to distinguish between a simple comparative degree and a compound superlative degree of adjectives, adverbs and words of the state category

Declension of numerals denoting whole numbers

The numerals denoting integers change by cases and for the most part do not have gender and number.

By birth, only the numerals two and one and a half change. They have two gender forms: one in combination with masculine and neuter nouns, the other in combination with feminine nouns.

two, one and a half packages, villages - two, one and a half cups

The numeral one changes by gender, case and number, like possessive adjectives.

The numerals two, three, four have a special declension.

The numerals from five to twenty and the numeral thirty are declined as nouns of the third declension.

Numerals forty, ninety, one hundred, one and a half (one and a half) and a hundred and fifty have only two case forms.

As part of cardinal numbers denoting whole numbers, there are many compound words, formed by adding the bases, for example: fifty from five + ten, six hundred from six + one hundred, four hundred from four + one hundred, etc. In these numbers from fifty to eighty and from two hundred to nine hundred, both parts decline. If the numerals denoting integers are composite, then all words are declined in them.

Let us summarize what has been said about the declension of complex and compound numbers denoting integers in the following table.

Collective declension

Collective nouns refer to several things as one. Unlike numerals denoting whole numbers, and fractional numerals, collective numerals can denote the total number of persons without combination with nouns: Three entered (it is impossible Three entered or I drew two thirds).

Collective numbers are formed from cardinal numbers from two up to ten using the suffixes -oh- (two (double-e), three (three-e) and -er- (four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten). They combine:

1) with nouns denoting males: two friends, five soldiers;

2) with nouns denoting cubs of animals: seven kids, nine piglets;

3) with nouns that have only the plural form, as well as with the words guys, children, people: two days, four children.

Collective numerals change in cases. In indirect cases, they have the same endings as plural adjectives.

The collective numeral oba has two gender forms: the form oba combined with masculine and neuter nouns (both boys, both villages) and the form both combined with feminine nouns (both girls). In indirect cases, this numeral has, respectively, the stems ob- and both-.

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns (my, yours, his, her, ours, yours, theirs) answer the question whose?, in a sentence they are usually a definition and indicate belonging to the speaker, listener, stranger or any person (object).

The 1st person pronouns my, our indicate the speaker(s): My answer was good; Our teachers went to the concert.

2nd person pronouns yours, yours indicate belonging to the interlocutor (interlocutors): Your car broke down; Your house was built in the last century.

In Russian speech etiquette the pronoun Vash, capitalized, is used as a polite address to one person: Mr. Ivanov, your request has been received.

Pronouns of the 3rd person his, her, their indicate belonging to an outsider (outsiders): His pen does not write; Her friends have gone to the sea; Their child was crying.

The common person pronoun own indicates belonging to any person: I finished my breakfast - You finished your breakfast - He finished his breakfast.

Possessive pronouns of the 1st, 2nd and general person (my, ours, yours, yours, mine) change by gender, case and number and are declined like possessive adjectives. This can be seen from the following table.

The possessive pronouns of the 3rd person his, her, theirs do not change. They should be distinguished from the genitive and accusative forms of the personal pronouns he, she, they by the question and by the role in the sentence:

I saw (who?) Her (addition) - the accusative form of the personal pronoun she;

Here (who?) She is not (addition) - the form of the genitive case of the personal pronoun she;

My friend went to visit (whose?) her sister (definition) - the possessive pronoun of the 3rd person of her.

Let's show in the table how to distinguish personal pronouns his her and them in the genitive and accusative from 3rd person possessive pronouns him, her, them.

Verb conjugations. Opposite conjugated verbs and special conjugation verbs

Conjugation is the change of the verb in persons and numbers. Verbs change in person and number in the present tense and in the future perfect tense. There are two verb conjugations.

I conjugation includes verbs that have the following endings:

Examples for I conjugation.

The second conjugation includes verbs that have the following endings:

Examples for II conjugation.

For the spelling of personal verb endings, see: Spelling of unstressed personal verb endings.

In addition, the Russian language has heterogeneous verbs to want, run, honor, glimpse, as well as all verbs formed from them with the help of prefixes (want, run, honor, glimpse, etc.), which have both the endings of the first and and the end of the second conjugation.

Note 1. In the literary norm, the conjugation of the verb to honor is also permissible as the verb of the II conjugation: honor - honor - honor - honor - honor - honor.

Note 2. The verb I of the conjugation burn is conjugated as follows:

burn - burn,

you burn - you burn

burns - burns.

The verbs formed from it with the help of prefixes are also conjugated, for example: burn, burn, burn. Common forms in oral speech burn, burn, burn, burn are not normative.

The special conjugation includes the verbs to give, create, eat, as well as all the verbs formed from them with the help of prefixes (give away, recreate, eat, etc.). These verbs have special endings that are not found anywhere else.

Some verbs of I conjugation can have two forms of the present and future perfect tenses: with and without alternations. Here are the most common verbs:

Degrees of comparison of adverbs

Adverbs in -o / -e, formed from qualitative adjectives, can have degrees of comparison, showing differences in the degree of manifestation of the attribute: he spoke cheerfully - spoke more cheerfully - spoke more cheerfully than everyone else. Qualitative adverbs form comparative (more fun) and superlative (more fun than all) degrees of comparison.

The comparative degree of adverbs denotes a greater (lesser) manifestation of a sign, for example: My mother bakes cakes better than yours (better than yours). The comparative degree can be simple and compound.

A simple comparative degree is formed from adverbs using the suffixes -ee (s), -e, -she. Before the suffix -e, there is always an alternation of stem consonants.

beautiful - beautiful-her (beautiful-her)

wise - wise-her (wise-her)

sincerely - sincerely-her (sincerely-her)

sweet - sla sch-e

low - none and-e

thin - thinner

A compound comparative degree is formed by adding words more or less to the original form of the adverb.

sweet - more (less) sweet

low - more (less) low

The superlative degree of adverbs denotes the greatest (least) degree of manifestation of a sign, for example: He jumped the farthest; This village is closest to the forest. The superlative degree of adverbs, as a rule, is only compound. Forms of the simple superlative degree of the adverb have practically disappeared from the language. Only three obsolete words from the speech etiquette of the past remained: the lowest, the deepest, the most humble (for example: I humbly ask you, sir, to leave me alone).

Compound superlatives are formed in two ways.

1. Words are added to the adverb most, least, for example: beautiful - most beautiful, least beautiful.

2. The word of everything is added to the comparative degree of the adverb, if there is a comparison with inanimate objects and phenomena, and the word of all, if there is a comparison with living objects or phenomena, or if one of the objects is compared with all objects of this class.

This light bulb shines brightest of all (in general, everything that shines).

This bulb shines brighter than all (all other bulbs).

He laughed more cheerfully than anyone (in general, everyone who laughs).

Simple comparative and compound superlatives of adverbs, adjectives and words of the state category sound and are written the same way: quieter, more beautiful; the quietest, the most beautiful. They should be distinguished from each other by the question and by the role in the sentence.

How to distinguish between a simple comparative degree and a compound superlative degree of adverbs, adjectives and words of the state category

1. Case of nouns

Nouns change by case. case- the form of a noun, expressing its syntactic relationship with other words in the sentence. Case is an inflectional category, realized with the help of endings. In russian language six cases:

• nominative(the nominative case is always used without a preposition, in a sentence it is the subject or predicate);
• indirect cases: genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, prepositional (the prepositional case is always used with prepositions, other indirect cases can be used with or without prepositions).

2. Declension of nouns

declination- this is a change of nouns in cases. Exist three declensions nouns. The distribution by declension depends on the gender of nouns and their ending in the nominative singular.

3. Special endings of nouns in -y, -y, -y

Nouns of the 1st declension on -and I(army, lecture) and 2nd declension on -th and -s(genius, sanatorium, meeting) in the prepositional case have an ending -and(about a genius, in a sanatorium, at a meeting, in the army). Nouns in -and I in the dative case also end in -and(cf .: give to Marya, but give to Mary).

4. Variable nouns

ten nouns per -me (burden, time, udder, banner, name, flame, tribe, seed, stirrup, crown ) and the noun path are inflected. In the genitive, dative and prepositional cases of the singular, they have the ending of the 3rd declension -i. In other cases, they have endings of the 2nd declension.

When declensing nouns into -me a formative suffix is ​​added to the root -en (-yeon): names - names, banners - banners. The words seed and stirrup in the genitive plural have a suffix -yang(but not - en): seeds, stirrups. The words burden, udder, flame, crown do not have a plural.

5. Indeclinable nouns

Indeclinable nouns have the same form for all cases, i.e. do not bow: bought a piano (v.p.), play piano (p.p.). The indestructibles include:

• many nouns of foreign origin with final vowels: radio, metro, scoreboard, taxi, stew, kangaroo, menu, Dumas, Oslo, Baku;
• foreign surnames ending in a consonant and denoting females: Roman Voynich (r.p.); if such a surname denotes a male person, it is inclined according to the 2nd declension: Remarque's novel;
• Russian and Ukrainian surnames in -o and -ih (s): Franko, Chernykh, Dolgikh, Zhivago’, such surnames are not inclined regardless of the gender of the person bearing this surname;
• many compound words: Moscow State University, GAI, hydroelectric power station.

Nouns in -anine, -yanin in many hours lose suffix -in: city ​​dweller - townspeople .

Nouns are especially declined: mother, daughter, way, child.

Declension of nouns in the singular. Table

6. Declension of plural nouns

1. Most nouns in nominative plural have endings:

1st fold. and. R. abbreviations s, army and, m. men s, young man and
2nd fold. m. baby and, father s cf. floor I, glass a
3rd fold. and. R. step and, daughter and

2. Some nouns masculine nominative plural are used with the endings -А, -Я. For example: beach a, century a, city a, postmark I, anchor I.

3. Nouns differ in meaning:

On this page, you can view the declension of the word "case" by cases, both in the singular and in the plural. Case is a 5 letter word. Word declension table "case" by cases is given below. Through the search, you can find other words you need.

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Difficulties in the formation of numeral forms and their use in speech are mainly associated with their change in cases and combination with nouns.

The main part of the numerals is declined according to the third declension.

The numeral thousand changes like a noun of the first declension.

The numerals forty and one hundred have only one form in indirect cases - forty, one hundred ..

When declining compound ordinal numbers, only their last part changes Collective numbers (two, three, etc.) can only be used with masculine nouns, nouns denoting baby animals, or nouns that have only the plural form.

Combinations of compound numbers ending in two, three, four with nouns that do not have a singular form are not allowed. Only combinations like twenty-one days, twenty-five days are possible.

The numeral pronoun both has two generic forms: both are masculine and neuter, and both are feminine. The same applies to the numeral one and a half.

Adjectives are a part of speech that denotes a sign of an object and answers the questions what ?, what ?, what ?, what? The adjective is in the same case form, number and gender as the noun it depends on.

In the singular, adjectives change by gender and case. The gender of plural adjectives is not determined.

Plural adjectives cannot be gendered.

The change of nouns in cases is characterized by a change in their endings, which are called case forms. In total, there are six cases in Russian, each of which has its own auxiliary question.

The nominative case is called direct (or initial), all the rest - indirect.

Cases express the different roles of a noun in a sentence. There are six cases in Russian. You can determine the case of a noun in a sentence by the question.

In addition to the main questions, the case of a noun can also be recognized by the auxiliary questions that are answered by the circumstances.

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