Russian Grammar: Pronouns

Definition: A pronoun is a word that can substitute a noun, so as not to repeat the latter unnecessarily; in Russian, pronouns are many because they vary depending on the grammatical case (nominative, accusative, dative, instrumental or prepositional).

Pronouns in Russian

Examples:

• They love animals (Nominative case - basic).
• они любят животных.
• Oni lyubyat zhivot’nik.
• I admire him (Accusative case - refers to a direct object).
• я восхищаюсь им.
• Ya voskischayus’ im.
• I have a sister. (Genitive case - denotes possession; always proceeded by “y”).
• у меня есть сестра.
• U menya est’ sestra.
• Anna gave him a kiss (Dative case - refers to an indirect object).
• она подарила ему поцелуй.
• Ona podarila yemu potselui.
• Ivan will come with us (Instrumental case - indicating “with + person”).
• Иван будет идти с нами.
• Ivan budet idti snami.
• They talked about her (Prepositional case - indicating “about + person”)
• они говорили о ней.
• Oni govorili o nyei.

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