Prepositional Case Guidelines Flashcards
Nominative Case ends in a consonant (ex. й)
… form the Prepositional Case
Add “е”
Nominative case ends in: й а я
… form the Prepositional Case
drop й, а or я, add “е”
Exception, never write “ие”
… form the Prepositional Case
Write “ии”
Exception, foreign words ending in: о и у
… form the Prepositional Case
keep as is (prep case is the same as nominative case)
в or во
… form the Prepositional Case
в becomes “во” before words that begin with two consonants if the first consonant is “в” or “ф”
Nominative: Нью-Йорк
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Нью-Йорке
– in New York –
Nominative: Санкт-Петербург
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Санкт-Петербурге
– in Saint Petersburg –
Nominative: музей
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в музее
– in the museum –
Nominative: Москва
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Москве
– in Moscow –
Nominative: Аня
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: об Ане
– about Anya –
Nominative: Калифорния
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Калифорнии
– in California –
Nominative: Колорадо
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Колорадо
– in Colorado –
Nominative: Миссури
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Миссури
– in Missouri –
Nominative: Баку
… form the Prepositional Case
Prepositional: в Баку
– in Baku –