Nominative Case in Russian

The Nominative case in Russian is the initial form of Russian nouns. Youโ€™ll find nouns in dictionaries and vocabulary only in the Nominative case form.

Nominative case answers the questions:

โ€œwho?โ€ โ€“  ะšั‚ะพ?

โ€œwhat?โ€ โ€“ ะงั‚ะพ?

Nominative case in Russian can be divided into 3 main rules:


1. The Nominative Case Speaks About a Person or Thing Performing an Action or Being in a State


ะœะฐะผะฐ ั‡ะธั‚ะฐะตั‚  โ€“ Mother is reading.

ะผะฐะผะฐ = ะผะฐะผะฐ (there are no changes in the sentence for the subject โ€œะผะฐะผะฐโ€ because it indicates the doer of the action.)

2. The Nominative Case Defines the Person or Thing โ€“ or โ€“ Refers them to a Certain Group of People or Things


ะญั‚ะพ ะผะฐะผะฐ. โ€“ This is a mother.

ะžะฝะฐ ะผะฐะผะฐ. โ€“ She is a mother.

ะ’ะพะฒะฐ โ€“ ัั‚ัƒะดะตะฝั‚. โ€“ Vova is a student.


3. The Nominative Case Designates the Person or Thing to Which the Action is Directed

ะ ะตะฑั‘ะฝะพะบ ะฝะฐะบะพั€ะผะปะตะฝ ะทะฐะฑะพั‚ะปะธะฒะพะน ะผะฐะผะพะน โ€“ The child is nourished by an attentive mother.

ะœะฐัˆะธะฝะฐ ะฝะต ะฒะธะดะฝะฐ โ€“ The car is not seen.

Formation of Nominative Case:


Regular endings for singular Nominative case form:

GenderSingular
Masculineร˜ / -ะน / -ัŒ
Feminine-a /-ั / -ัŒ
Neutral-ะพ /-ะต

To get examples of Formation of Plural Nominative Case check out our โ€œPlural form of Russian Nounsโ€œ article.

Russian Grammar

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