A2 · Elementar Capítulo 25

Genitive Case Mastery

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10 exemplos
1 min
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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of expressing absence and negation using the powerful Genitive case.

  • Identify when to trigger the Genitive case using negation.
  • Construct sentences using 'нет' (net) to show something is missing.
  • Transform Nominative nouns into their Genitive forms for negative statements.
No problem? No, just Genitive!

O que você vai aprender

Using the Genitive case for negation, quantity, and absence. Mastering the 'net' construction.

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 express the total absence of objects or people using 'нет' and correct Genitive endings.

Exemplos-chave (2)

1

У меня нет твоего номера.

I don't have your number.

Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)
2

В этом кафе нет Wi-Fi.

There is no Wi-Fi in this cafe.

Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)

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frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)

Vocabulário-chave (7)

нет there is no / no деньги money время time вода water билет ticket проблема problem хлеб bread

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Review Summary

  • Нет + [Noun in Genitive]

Erros comuns

You used the Nominative case. After 'нет' meaning 'there is no', you must use the Genitive case.

Wrong: Нет вода.
Correto: Нет воды. (There is no water.)

Masculine nouns ending in a consonant need the -а ending in the Genitive when negated.

Wrong: Нет хлеб.
Correto: Нет хлеба. (There is no bread.)

The word 'время' is an irregular neuter noun; its Genitive form ends in -мени.

Wrong: У меня нет время.
Correto: У меня нет времени. (I have no time.)

Next Steps

You're doing great! Mastering the Genitive case is one of the biggest hurdles in Russian, and you just cleared a major part of it. Keep practicing those endings!

Write a 'Missing Persons' or 'Lost Items' report using 'нет'.

Continue to: Modal Verb Nuances

Prática rápida (3)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the noun in parentheses.

У меня нет ___ (машина).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: машины
After 'нет', the feminine noun 'машина' must change to the Genitive form 'машины'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)

Which sentence correctly says 'There is no sugar'?

Choose the correct sentence:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Нет сахара.
'Сахар' is masculine, so we add -а. 'Нет' is the required word for present tense negation.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)

Find and fix the mistake in this sentence about the past.

Find and fix the mistake:

Вчера не была чая.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Вчера не было чая.
In negative past tense sentences, the verb is always 'не было', regardless of the noun's gender.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negação em Russo: Dizendo 'Não há...' (Нет + Genitivo)

Score: /3

Perguntas comuns (2)

In Russian, 'не' negates a verb or a specific quality, but 'нет' negates the existence of the object itself. To say 'there isn't any,' you need 'нет' + Genitive.
It can mean 'no' (as an answer to a question) or 'there is no' (as a verb-like word). When it means 'there is no,' it always triggers the Genitive.
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