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- 1.
(possession)
у + subject in genitive case
Example:У неё́ есть маши́на.
She has a car.
- 2.
by, at (place)
у + object in genitive case
Example:Заброни́руй ме́сто у окна́!
Book a window seat!
- 3.
with
у + object in genitive case
Example:Он до́лго жил у роди́телей дру́га.
He was living with his friend's parents.
- 4.
from (take, borrow)
у + object in genitive case
Example:Ма́ша взяла́ это пла́тье у подру́ги.
Masha borrowed this dress from her friend.
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
- В про́шлом изве́стие о том, что у тебя туберкулёз, бы́ло равноце́нно сме́ртному пригово́ру.Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
- На фотогра́фии у де́вушки коро́на не из зо́лота, а из цвето́в.The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.
- В спа́льне у неё стоя́л столик. А на нём маленькая буты́лочка.There was a small table in her bedroom, and on the table - a little bottle.
- Я ду́маю, у него всё полу́чится.I think that he will succeed.
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Lucian edited word type 6 years ago.
