The Nominative case in Russian is the initial form of Russian nouns. Youโll find nouns in dictionaries and vocabulary only in the Nominative case form.
Nominative case answers the questions:
โwho?โ โ ะัะพ?
โwhat?โ โ ะงัะพ?
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
ะะฐะผะฐ ัะธัะฐะตั โ Mother is reading.
ะผะฐะผะฐ = ะผะฐะผะฐ (there are no changes in the sentence for the subject โะผะฐะผะฐโ 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
ะญัะพ ะผะฐะผะฐ. โ This is a mother.
ะะฝะฐ ะผะฐะผะฐ. โ She is a mother.
ะะพะฒะฐ โ ัััะดะตะฝั. โ Vova is a student.
3. The Nominative Case Designates the Person or Thing to Which the Action is Directed
ะ ะตะฑัะฝะพะบ ะฝะฐะบะพัะผะปะตะฝ ะทะฐะฑะพัะปะธะฒะพะน ะผะฐะผะพะน โ The child is nourished by an attentive mother.
ะะฐัะธะฝะฐ ะฝะต ะฒะธะดะฝะฐ โ The car is not seen.
Formation of Nominative Case:
Regular endings for singular Nominative case form:
Gender | Singular |
---|---|
Masculine | ร / -ะน / -ั |
Feminine | -a /-ั / -ั |
Neutral | -ะพ /-ะต |
To get examples of Formation of Plural Nominative Case check out our โPlural form of Russian Nounsโ article.