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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.
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
- На голове́ у Саши была́ огро́мная ши́шка.Sasha had a huge bump on his head.
- Соба́ки не уме́ют разгова́ривать, но глаза у пёсика как будто сказа́ли: "Нет, у меня нет дома".Dogs can't speak, but it appeared as if the eyes of the dog said, "No, I don't have a home."
- Я ду́маю, у него всё полу́чится.I think that he will succeed.
- У тебя болит голова́?Have you got a headache?
- Ду́маю, у меня есть тео́рия на э́тот счёт.I think I have a theory about that.
- У ма́ленького Мартина бы́ло доста́точно ти́хое де́тство в Атла́нте, штат Джорджия.Young Martin spent a fairly quiet childhood in Atlanta, Georgia.
- У меня ужасно болит голова́!I have a terrible headache.
- У э́той газе́ты большо́й тираж.The newspaper has a large circulation.
- У него стра́нное и́мя.He has a strange name.
- Сколько у тебя бли́зких друзе́й?How many close friends do you have?
Contributions
_999 edited usage info 3 months ago.
Дёвьсынъ edited usage info 4 years ago.
Lucian edited word type 6 years ago.
