< Language Generator 5—У кого было, у кого не было (Who Had, Who Did Not Have)
< Language Generator 5—У кого было, у кого не было (Who Had, Who Did Not Have)
Use this universal language generator to say that someone had or did not have something. This builds on Language Generator 1—У кого есть, у кого нет which can be used to say that someone has or does not have something now.
| By | Whom | Was/Was not | What was or was not | |
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У Beside |
кого́ whom |
был there was |
Use был if that which was is masculine. |
вопро́с a question |
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меня́ me |
отве́т answer |
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нас us |
каранда́ш a pencil |
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тебя́ thee |
была́ there was |
Use была if that which was is feminine. |
Би́блия a Bible |
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вас you |
наде́жда hope |
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него́ him |
ру́чка a pen |
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неё her |
бы́ло there was |
Use было if that which was is neuter. |
де́ло business |
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них them |
бы́ли there was |
Use были if that which was is plural. |
де́ньги money |
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Ива́на John |
очки́ eyeglasses |
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А́нны Anna |
не́ было there was no |
When we say that something was not we always use было. The thing which was not must be in the genitive case. |
вопро́са a question |
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отве́та an answer |
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каранда́ша a pencil |
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Би́блии a Bible |
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наде́жды hope |
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ру́чки a pen |
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де́ла business |
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де́нег money |
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очко́в eyeglasses |
Examples
| У кого́ был отве́т? | By whom was there an answer? |
| У него́ была́ Би́блия. | By him there was a Bible. |
| У меня́ не́ было Би́блии. | By me there was no Bible. |
| У него́ не́ было очко́в. | By him there were no eyeglasses. |