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Jump to navigation Jump to search The russian personal pronouns pdf pronouns in Russian are arguably the easiest to learn. There are two important nuances to these pronouns.

First, notice that the masculine and neuter third-person singular pronouns are the same in all cases but the nominative, and in the genitive and accusative are pronounced ‘ye-vo’, not ‘ye-go’. Genitive: What do you have there? This page was last edited on 17 October 2018, at 20:44. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In the table below you can find all Russian personal pronouns. After the table you will find some explanatory notes.

The accusative and genitive forms are always identical. While most pronouns can be used just as they would in English, there’s an important facet to them that English doesn’t have: formality. That English has only one second-person personal pronoun, is a peculiarity of our language. In Russian, and indeed in most other languages, there is a distinction between two forms of ‘you’. Like first- and third-person pronouns, second-person pronouns have a singular and a plural form. However, if you want to show respect, such as to a teacher or elder, or the person is someone you don’t know, use вы instead of ты. Notice the singular form ты Where are you, teacher?

Notice the plural form вы Interestingly, though English lost its second-person plural pronoun, some dialects have recreated it: Southern US English uses ‘y’all’ to refer to just that: ‘you all’. Broadly speaking, sentences involve three people: the person speaking, the person being spoken to, and someone else not involved in the conversation. Note that when some of these have several forms, these are clarified in the pages for that specific case. Also note that third-person singular pronouns have the suffice н- when preceeded by a preposition: к ней, от неё, etc. This doesn’t apply to the possessive pronouns, or in general any third-person pronoun that isn’t directly called by the preposition. I like you – Я тебя люблю You talk to me – Вы мне говорите You talk about me – Вы говорите обо мне You talk with me – Вы говорите со мной As the last example shows, the third-person singular pronouns он, она, and оно vary by gender in grammar, but not in meaning.

Unlike personal pronouns, but like adjectives, possessive pronouns also change to match the gender and number of the noun they modify. So in the following table, notice that the different gender and number of each type of pronoun refers to the object that’s possessed, not the possessor. The various forms given in the accusative case are detailed more thoroughly on that page. Third-person possessive pronouns are special: there are only three words, and each refers to the gender of the speaker, not the case, gender, or number of the object possessed. For plural possessors of any gender, use их. There are many demonstrative pronouns in Russian.