Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "your (plural)" in Russian

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ваш

Meaning: your (plural), yours (plural), your (polite address), yours (polite address)

Pronunciation: [vahsh]

Part of speech: pronoun

Rank: #142 (see frequency list)

Where's your passport?
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Example sentences:

Это ваш словáрь?
Is that your dictionary?
Мой зóнтик здесь, а ваш - там.
My umbrella is here and yours is there.
Катя - Ваша подруга?
Is Katia your friend? (polite)
Приезжáйте с Вáшим му́жем!
Come with your husband. (polite)
У меня нет Вáшего пácпорта!
I don't have your passport! (polite)
Вы уже сказáли об э́том Вáшему отцу́?
Have you told your father about it? (polite)
Они уже знáют о Вáшей коллéкции.
They know about your collection already. (polite)
Что знáчит э́то слóво в вáшем языкé?
What does this word mean in your language?
Вáше высóчество, к Вам посóл Фрáнции.
Your highness, the ambassador of France ahas arrived. (polite)
Как там вáши поживáют?
How is your family doing?
literal How are yours living?
Ваш Петрóв прócто неудáчник!
Your friend Petrov is just a looser!
literal Your Petrov is just a looser!

Idioms and set expressions:

по вáшему мнéнию = in your opinion
на ваш взгляд = that is your own business in your opinion
э́то не вáше дéло = it's none of your business
по-вáшему = in your opinion
Вáше благорóдие = your Honour
Вáше превосходи́тельство = your Excellency
Вáше сия́тельство = your Excellency
Вáше высóчество = your Highness
Вáше вели́чество = your Majesty
э́то не вáше дéло = that is your own business
вáша взялá = you've won
к вáшему свéдению = just so you know
Ваш, Вáша = Yours (letter ending)

Related words:

твой = your, yours (friendly address)
егó = his
еë = her
наш = our, ours
их = their, theirs

Proverbs and sayings:

Бы́ло вáше, стáло нáше.
It was yours, but it's ours now!
Вáши скáчут, а нáши плáчут.
What is bad for some people is good for other people.
literal Your people jump and our people cry.
Вáши пьют, а нáши пья́ных бьют.
What is bad for some people is good for other people.
literal Your people drink and our people hit the drunk.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

case	singular			plural
case	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
Nominative	ва́ш	ва́ше	ва́ша	ва́ши
Genitive	ва́шего	ва́шего	ва́шей	ва́ших
Dative	ва́шему	ва́шему	ва́шей	ва́шим
Accusative (anim/inanim)	ва́шего/ ва́ш	ва́ше	ва́шу	ва́ших/ ва́ши
Instrumental	ва́шим	ва́шим	ва́шей	ва́шими
Prepositional	ва́шем	ва́шем	ва́шей	ва́ших

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