Ready Russian: Language Generator 1—У кого есть, у кого нет (Who Has, Who Does Not Have)

In English we say “I have a pencil.” But Russians think about it a little differently and say “By me there is a pencil.” To build a Russian sentence about having or not having, take one word from each of the first three columns of this universal language generator and then a word from that part of column four which starts at the word from column three.

By	Whom*	Is/Is no	What is or is not	Notes
У Beside	кого́ whom	есть is there/there is	вопро́с a question	With есть we use the nominative case for the thing in the fourth column
	меня́ me		отве́т an answer
	нас us		каранда́ш a pencil
	тебя́ thee		Би́блия a/the Bible
	вас you		наде́жда a/the hope
	него́ him		ру́чка a pen
	неё her		де́ньги money
	них them	нет is there no/there is no	вопро́са question	With нет we use the genitive case for the thing in the fourth column. Simplified rules: Masculine: add -а Feminine: change -а to -ы, -я to -и Neuter: change -о to -а, -е to -я Masculine plural: add -ов Feminine and neuter plural: drop final vowel
	Ива́на John		отве́та answer
	А́нны Anna		каранда́ша pencil
			Би́блии Bible
			наде́жды hope
			ру́чки pen
			де́нег money

*If you add words to this column, be sure to put them in the genitive case. Refer to the grammar handouts named in the See Also box.

Language Generator 1—У кого есть, у кого нет (Who Has, Who Does Not Have)

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