Questions & Answers about У моей тёти длинные волосы.
Russian normally does not use иметь for everyday “have” with people.
Possession is usually expressed with the structure:
- У + [person in genitive] + (есть) + [thing in nominative]
So:
- У моей тёти (есть) длинные волосы. = My aunt has long hair.
Literally: “At my aunt (there are) long hair.”
This у + genitive construction is the standard, neutral way to say someone has something.
Тёти is genitive singular of тётя.
- тётя – nominative singular (dictionary form)
- тёти – genitive singular (“of my aunt”)
The genitive is required because of the preposition у:
- у кого? у чего? → always genitive
So у моей тёти literally means “at / by my aunt’s (place)” and functions as “my aunt has”.