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  • 1.

    (possession)

    у + subject in genitive case

    У неё́ есть маши́на.

    She has a car.

  • 2.

    by, at (place)

    у + object in genitive case

    Заброни́руй ме́сто у окна́!

    Book a window seat!

  • 3.

    with

    у + object in genitive case

    Он до́лго жил у роди́телей дру́га.

    He was living with his friend's parents.

  • 4.

    from (take, borrow)

    у + object in genitive case

    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).

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