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Genitive Plural
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Genitive Plural
One plural adjective system for absence, quantity, source, and reference
One plural adjective system for absence, quantity, source, and reference
Before you start
- Prerequisites
- Module 3.05
- Estimated time
- 45 minutes
- Lesson steps
- 10
Deliberately not taught here
- Boundary: Long adjective genitive plural is highly regular. Irregular noun forms such as люде́й and дете́й remain noun vocabulary, not adjective exceptions.
Small steps
What you will learn
- The unified plural pattern In the plural, gender no longer creates different long-adjective endings.
- Choosing -ых or -их The choice follows the adjective's diagnostic pattern and the Russian spelling system.
- Absence in the plural Нет selects genitive; intended reference selects singular or plural.
- Five and above In basic nominative and accusative quantity phrases, 5+ selects genitive plural for both long adjective and noun.
- Quantity words Мно́го, ма́ло, не́сколько, ско́лько, and сто́лько commonly govern genitive plural noun phrases.
- Genitive prepositions and dependent reference Plural source, separation, range, and reference frames retain ordinary adjective agreement.
- Adjective regularity beside noun irregularity Plural adjective endings are predictable even when the head noun changes stem or chooses an unexpected ending.
- Syncretism: -ых/-их has more than one job The same adjective form serves genitive plural, prepositional plural, and animate accusative plural.
- A production strategy for long quantity phrases Build from the outside governor inward, checking adjective and noun as separate morphological tasks.
- Genitive plural assessment Use -ых/-их reliably while keeping difficult noun formation and quantity selection separate.
Mastery
Ready means you can...
- form -ых/-их across all noun genders
- use genitive plural after absence, quantity words, and 5+ numerals
- separate adjective regularity from difficult noun genitive-plural formation
- recognise forms later reused by animate accusative plural