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.
ما ستتعلمه
Using possessive pronouns to indicate ownership. Understanding the relationship between the owner and the object.
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ضمائر الملكية الروسية: لي، لك، له (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.
أمثلة رئيسية (2)
نصائح وحيل (1)
The 'Lazy Three' Shortcut
его, её, их). These never change, so you can't get the ending wrong!المفردات الرئيسية (6)
Real-World Preview
Sharing Personal Items
Review Summary
- Possessive + Noun
أخطاء شائعة
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'.
القواعد في هذا الفصل (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.
تدريب سريع (3)
Choose the correct way to say 'This is our house':
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: ضمائر الملكية الروسية: لي، لك، له (мой, твой, его)
Find and fix the mistake:
Это мой пицца.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: ضمائر الملكية الروسية: لي، لك، له (мой, твой, его)
Это ____ (my) книга.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: ضمائر الملكية الروسية: لي، لك، له (мой, твой, его)
Score: /3
أسئلة شائعة (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.