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у

daily used (#15)A1
  • 1.

    (possession)

    У неё́ есть маши́на.

    She has a car.

    у + subject in genitive case

  • 2.

    by, at (place)

    Заброни́руй ме́сто у окна́!

    Book a window seat!

    у + object in genitive case

  • 3.

    with

    Он до́лго жил у роди́телей дру́га.

    He was living with his friend's parents.

    у + object in genitive case

  • 4.

    from (take, borrow)

    Ма́ша взяла́ это пла́тье у подру́ги.

    Masha borrowed this dress from her friend.

    у + object in genitive case

Usage info

у окна́ - by the window
У Ива́на есть маши́на - Ivan has a car

This last example shows that it is imperative for learners of Russian to know that the construction literally means: 'At/near/on ... Ivan is a car'. Otherwise, people who have just the one verb for 'to have' in their native languages (and express possession in an SVO-manner) can't make head nor tail of this most Russian of ways of expressing possession ('име́ть' admittedly means 'to have', but not usually in the literal sense).

Examples

Typical usagePRO

  • Possession (have / don’t have)

    • у меня́ есть вре́мя

      I have time

    • у меня́ нет вре́мени

      I don’t have time

    • у него́ есть сестра́

      He has a sister

    • у неё есть иде́я

      She has an idea

  • At someone’s place / person

    • у меня́ до́ма

      at my place (at home)

    • у него́ до́ма

      at his place

    • у врача́

      at the doctor’s

    • у роди́телей

      at (my/the) parents’ place

  • By/at a place or object

    • у окна́

      by the window

    • у двери́

      by the door

    • у вхо́да

      at the entrance

    • у вы́хода

      at the exit

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Contributions

  • nrimanliyev edited translation 3 weeks ago.
  • nrimanliyev edited translation 3 weeks ago.
  • nrimanliyev edited translation 3 weeks ago.
  • _999 edited usage info 1 year ago.