Предло'жный Паде'ж - Past, о/при

We've already covered the singular form of this case and, luckily, the plural isn't much more complicated!

HardSoft
-ax-ях

Soft is what I have in the past referred to as the (y) sound - in e, ь, и, я, ю

Имен.Предлож.
СтудентСтудетах
СловарьСловарях
ОкноОкнах
МореМорях
БашняхБашнях

So, for example, we are talking about 'seas': Мы говорим о морях.

Now for О and При:

ОПри
About (ie talking about)On one's person, In the time of

To clarify, о is usually used when talking about someone/something.

These are the pronouns in the прелоный падеж:

ЯТыОнОноОнаМыВыОни
МнеТебеНёмНёмНейНасВасНих

For мне, о changes to обо, because мне starts with 2 consonants. For all other ones, it is о.

  • Вы говорите обо мне?

  • Да, мы говорим о тебе

  • Он говорил только о работе

So, при means to 'have on one's person', or 'In the time of'. To give some practical examples:

  • При нём есть деньги? Does he have money (on him)
  • При Ельцине, был ужасно. Under/during the time of Yeltsin things were/it was horrible

Posted Apr 8, 2012, 1:41 PM UTC

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