Possession and Belonging
Chapter in 30 Seconds
Learn how to define ownership and identify personal items in Russian effortlessly.
- Identify gender-based possessive pronouns.
- Apply possessive forms to common everyday objects.
- Distinguish between personal and third-person possessive structures.
तुम क्या सीखोगे
Using possessive pronouns to indicate ownership. Understanding the relationship between the owner and the object.
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रूसी संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका (мой, твой, его)Match your pronoun to the noun's gender, unless using the unchanging 'his', 'her', or 'their'.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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By the end you will be able to: Use мой, твой, and его correctly with masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.
मुख्य उदाहरण (2)
Это мой новый айфон.
This is my new iPhone.
रूसी संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका (мой, твой, его)टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (1)
The 'Lazy Three' Shortcut
его, её, их). These never change, so you can't get the ending wrong!मुख्य शब्दावली (6)
Real-World Preview
Sharing Personal Items
Review Summary
- Possessive + Noun
सामान्य गलतियाँ
Телефон is masculine, so it must use 'мой', not the feminine 'моя'.
The word 'его' is invariable and never takes endings.
Книга is feminine, so you must use the feminine form 'твоя'.
इस अध्याय के नियम (1)
Next Steps
Fantastic work today! You are building a solid foundation for your Russian journey. Keep practicing and stay curious!
Label items in your house with sticky notes using Russian possessives.
त्वरित अभ्यास (3)
Choose the correct way to say 'This is our house':
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: रूसी संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका (мой, твой, его)
Find and fix the mistake:
Это мой пицца.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: रूसी संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका (мой, твой, его)
Это ____ (my) книга.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: रूसी संबंधवाचक सर्वनाम: मेरा, तुम्हारा, उसका (мой, твой, его)
Score: /3
सामान्य प्रश्न (2)
мой телефон because 'телефон' is masculine.его, the same word for 'his'. Russian doesn't have a separate word for 'its' in this context.