Russian - Genitive singular adjectives and possessives

We use the Genitive case to show possession or relationship (like English "of" or "'s") and after several common prepositions.

Prepositions requiring the Genitive include:

When a noun is in the Genitive case, any adjectives or pronouns modifying it must also take Genitive endings.

For feminine nouns, adjectives take the endings -ой or -ей.

Possessive and demonstrative pronouns change as follows:

(Note: *чужой, meaning "someone else's," acts exactly like a regular adjective).*

Do you have the key to someone else's car?

The director of our new company is resting now.

She is drinking tea from my favorite cup.

The cat is sleeping near the corner of this wall.

For masculine and neuter nouns, adjectives take the endings -ого or -его.

Pronunciation note: The letter г in these endings is always pronounced like an English "v" (so -ого sounds like "-ovo").

Possessive and demonstrative pronouns change to match:

мой / твой → моего / твоего
наш / ваш → нашего / вашего
этот → этого (Neuter pronouns like *моё and это take the exact same endings as the masculine forms).*

She is coming from our new doctor.

She is waiting for a letter from this new friend.

Near my old house there is a beautiful park.

I am buying a gift for my younger brother.

I am listening to a lecture by a famous writer.

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