Родительный Падеж - Plural

Ok so this one is painful, I'll admit it. But it is supposedly the most difficult aspect of any case, once we're through this it will only get better :)

You remove the ending and add whatever it says to add!

Just to simplify this, if you want:

It tends to be restricted to these three: -ов(m), -ей(-ь), -lose ending(f, n)

  1. Masculine

Ending/-й-ь
Add-ов-ев-ей
  1. Feminine

Ending-а-я-ия-ь
Add/-ь-ий-ей
  1. Neutral

Ending-о-е-я
Add/-ий-ён

So, let's take some examples(starting from masculine with 'no' ending all the way through to the end):

Masc.

  1. Го́лос -> Голосо́в

  2. Музей -> Музее́в

  3. День -> Дней ... the e always disappears with this one, like отец

Fem.

  1. Голова́ -> Голо́в

  2. Земля́ -> Земе́ль

  3. Фами́лия -> Фами́лий

  4. жизнь -> Жи́зней

Neu.

  1. Лицо́ -> Лиц

  2. Мне́ние -> Мне́ний

  3. Вре́мя -> Времён

A lot to remember, but I think this format is better than the way I tried to explain the first part.

Either way, you all have to tell me how you prefer it.

Posted Apr 6, 2012, 11:50 PM UTC · edited

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