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Declension of Adjectives
 
In Russian, adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number and case. The change of adjectives depending on cases is called declension.

This lesson shows typical endings for singular and plural adjectives.

Related Resources
• Intro to Russian adjectives
• Personal Pronouns
• Reflexive Pronouns
• Cases of Russian Nouns

In the nominative singular, adjectives have the following endings:

  • for masculine -ий, -ый, -ой (свежий хлеб, новый студент)
  • for neuter -ee, -oe (синее море, новое дело)
  • for feminine -ая, яя (синяя лента, новая школа)

In the genitive singular:

  • for masculine -его, -ого (свежего хлеба, нового дела)
  • for feminine -ей, -ой (синей лентой, новой школой)

In the dative singular:

  • for masculine and neuter -ему, -ому (свежему хлебу, новому делу)
  • for feminine -ей, -ой (синей ленте, новой школе)

In the insrumental singular:

  • for masculine and neuter -им, ым (синим морем, новым делом)
  • for feminine -ей, ой (синей лентой, новой школой)

In the prepositional singular:

  • for masculine and neuter -ем, -ом (о синем море, о новом деле)
  • for feminine -ей, ой (о синей ленте, о новой школе)

In the plural, adjectives have the followng endings for all genders:

  • nominative -ие, ые (синие ленты, новые школы)
  • genitive -их, ых (синих лент, новых школ)
  • dative -им, ым (синим лентам, новым морям)
  • accusative inanimate -ие, -ые (синие ленты, новые моря)
  • accusative animate -их, -ых (чужих детей, новые студентов)
  • instrumental -ими, ыми (синими лентами, новыми школами)
  • prepositional -их, -ых (о синих лентах, о новых школах)

 

 

 

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