Russian Pronouns

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Getting Started There are many pronouns in the Russian language and it takes some time to learn them all. Pronouns are
1 - Russian Alphabet words which can be used in the place of nouns so that you don’t have to repeat the nouns. Consider “I”,”He”,
1a - Russian Handwriting “She” in English. Each of the Russian pronouns decline according to their case. Luckily, as often happens in
2 - Numbers the Russian language, pronouns often decline according to certain patterns. It is far to difficult to remember
3 - Basic Phrases every pronoun and case, they normally decline in a logical pattern so you should learn them this way.
4 - In a Bar/Cafe
5 - Verbs / Pronouns
6 - Nouns
7 - I Love... Russian Personal Pronouns
8 - Places. (in/at/on)
9 - Family
10 - Genitive Case
11 - Plurals Singular personal pronouns.
12 - Language Review 1st 2nd 3rd person 3rd person 3rd person
13 - Dative Case
14 - Instrumental Case person person (masc.) (fem.) (neut.).
15 - Past Tense
16 - Verbs of Motion
English I, Me You He, Him She, Her It
17 - Most Used Words Nominative
18 - Russian Apartments Я Ты Он Она Оно
Advanced - Parallel Texts
Case

Russian Grammar Accusative

Меня Тебя Его Её Его
Spelling Rules Case
Nouns : Gender
Nouns : Nominative Case
Genitive Case Меня Тебя Его Её Его
Nouns : Accusative Case
Nouns : Dative Case
Dative Case Мне Тебе Ему Ей Ему
Nouns : Genitive Case Instrumental
Nouns : Instrumental Case Мной Тобой Им Ей Им
Nouns : Prepositional Case Case
Pronouns
Prepositional
Verbs : Present Tense Мне Тебе Нём Ней Нём
Verbs : Past Tense Case
Verbs : Verbs of Motion
Verbs : Aspects
Verbs : Reflexive
Conjugated Verbs Plural personal pronouns.
Adjectives 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
Russian Vocabulary English We, Us You They, Them
Russian Names
Conjugated Verbs Nominative Case Мы Вы Они
Numbers
Question Words Accusative Case Нас Вас Их
Days and Months
Family Genitive Case Нас Вас Их
Food and Drink
Animals Dative Case Нам Вам Им
Clothes
Countries Instrumental Case Нами Вами Ими
Verbs 2
Adjectives 1 Prepositional Case Нас Вас Них
Adjectives 2

Online Russian Tools Note 1: Pronouns that start with vowels may be proceeded by the letter "н" when used with prepositions.
English-Russian Dictionary Note 2: Его is pronounced "yevo".
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Russian Possessive Pronouns
Dual Language E-Books Possessive pronouns indicate who something belongs to. They may replace a person’s name in the
Crime & Punishment sentence, “Ivan’s Book”. Words like “My, Your, Our, His, Her” in English.
Miscellaneous Please note that the genders indicated in the following tables refer to the gender of the noun that these
Russian Travel Guide pronouns modify. (ie the noun owned). For example in the phrase "My book", you would use the 1st person
Russian Quiz (my) and feminie gender (book is feminine) (Моя). Don't confuse this with the pronouns "his" and "her" (Его
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Singular possessive pronouns.
1st Person 2nd Person
Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
English My, Mine Your, Yours
Nominative Case Мой Моя Моё Мои Твой Твоя Твоё Твои
Accusative Case Мой Мои Твой Твои
Мою Моё Твою Твоё
(animate) Моего Моих Твоего Твоих
Genitive Case Моего Моей Моего Моих Твоего Твоей Твоего Твоих
Dative Case Моему Моей Моему Моим Твоему Твоей Твоему Твоим
Instrumental Case Моим Моей Моим Моими Твоим Твоей Твоим Твоими
Prepositional Case Моём Моей Моём Моих Твоём Твоей Твоём Твоих
3rd Person : Always use Его (m.n) (his, its) or Её (f) (her) regardless of the case of the noun modified.

Plural possessive pronouns.

1st Person 2nd Person
Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
English Our Your, Yours
Nominative
Наш Наша Наше Наши Ваш Ваша Ваше Ваши
Case
Accusative
Наш Наши Ваш Ваши
Case Нашу Наше Вашу Ваше
Нашего Наших Вашего Ваших
(animate)
Genitive
Нашего Нашей Нашего Наших Вашего Вашей Вашего Ваших
Case
Dative Case Нашему Нашей Нашему Нашим Вашему Вашей Вашему Вашим
Instrumental
Нашим Нашей Нашим Нашими Вашим Вашей Вашим Вашими
Case
Prepositional
Нашем Нашей Нашем Наших Вашем Вашей Вашем Ваших
Case
3rd Person : Always use Их regardless of the gender and case of the noun modified.

Russian Reflexive Pronouns

Personal Reflexive Pronoun “Себя” (-self)

The Russian pronoun “Себя” means self. It is used when the pronoun is the same person or thing as the
subject. Example “He talked about himself (Он говорил о себе)”. Himself is a reflexive pronoun. You should
read the section on reflexive verbs to have a better understanding of how the reflexive is formed in Russian.

English Myself, himself, herself.

Nominative Case ----
Accusative Case Себя
Genitive Case Себя
Dative Case Себе
Instrumental Case Себой
Prepositional Case Себе
Reflexive possessive pronoun “Свой”
The Russian pronoun “Свой” means “one’s own”. It replaces the normal possessive pronoun when it refers
to the subject. Example “Ivan loves his (own) dog (Иван любит свою собаку)”. Unlike English, in Russian
the reflexive is required in the 3rd person. If you were to use the normal possessive pronoun it would indicate
the dog belongs to someone else. It is optional in the 1st and 2nd person but normally used if the subject is
“Ты”.

Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural

English My own, his own, her own
Nominative Case Свой Своя Своё Свои
Accusative Case Свой Свои
Свою Своё
(animate) Своего Своих
Genitive Case Своего Своей Своего Своих
Dative Case Своему Своей Своему Своим
Instrumental Case Своим Своей Своим Своими
Prepositional Case Своём Своей Своём Своих

Emphatic pronoun “Сам”

The Russian pronoun “Сам” is simply used to emphasise something. It translates to “myself, himself, herself”
etc. It’s use is optional, it emphasises part of the sentence, rather than changing it’s meaning. Some
examples could be: “I did it myself (Я сам сделал)”, “I will phone the president himself”.

Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural

English Myself, himself, herself
Nominative Case Сам Сама Само Сами
Accusative Case Сам Сами
Саму Само
(animate) Самого Самих
Genitive Case Самого Самой Самого Самих
Dative Case Самому Самой Самому Самим
Instrumental Case Самим Самой Самим Самими
Prepositional Case Самом Самой Самом Самих

Russian Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are commonly used when you are pointing to something, or indicating what you are
talking about with your body. Like English, “This” is used to indicate something close by, and “That” is used to
indicate something not so close.

This
Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
English This
Nominative Case Этот Эта Это Эти
Accusative Case Этот Эти
Эту Это
(animate) Этого Этих
Genitive Case Этого Этой Этого Этих
Dative Case Этому Этой Этому Этим
Instrumental Case Этим Этой Этим Этими
Prepositional Case Этом Этой Этом Этих
That
Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
English That
Nominative Case Тот Та То Те
Accusative Case Тот Те
Ту То
(animate) Того Тех
Genitive Case Того Той Того Тех
Dative Case Тому Той Тому Тем
Instrumental Case Тем Той Тем Теми
Prepositional Case Том Той Том Тех

Russian Determinative Pronouns

All
Masc. Fem. Neut. Plural
English All, the whole
Nominative Case Весь Вся Всё Все
Accusative Case Весь Все
Всю Всё
(animate) Всего Всех
Genitive Case Всего Всей Всего Всех
Dative Case Всему Всей Всему Всем
Instrumental Case Всем Всей Всем Всеми
Prepositional Case Всём Всей Всём Всех

Russian Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. “What?” and “Who?” have cases based on there location
in the sentence. For example you would use the prepositional to ask “About what?”. Example: “What are you
talking about (О чём вы говорите?)” . See also: Question words.

What?
English What
Nominative Case Что
Accusative Case Что
Genitive Case Чего
Dative Case Чему
Instrumental Case Чем
Prepositional Case Чём

Who?
English Who
Nominative Case Кто
Accusative Case Кого
Genitive Case Кого
 Dative Case Кому
Instrumental Case Кем
Prepositional Case Ком

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Recommended Books For Learning Russian

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar - A great reference on Russian grammar.

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The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs - A great reference book of conjugated Russian verbs.

Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order - A simple but powerful concept.
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