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        <p>The Genitive case has a number of different functions, the most important ones being:</p>
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          <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
            <li class="listitem"><p>- showing possession (the 's form in English)</p><div
                class="informaltable">
                <table border="0" width="100%">
                  <col width="1*" />
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                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Э́то маши́на Ива́н<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>а</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>This is Ivan's car</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Э́то кни́га Мари́н<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>ы</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>This is Marina's book.</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Она́ живёт в до́ме роди́тел<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>ей</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>She lives in her parents' house.</td>
                  </tr>
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              </div></li>
            <li class="listitem"><p>- indicating a noun which modifies another noun</p><div
                class="informaltable">
                <table border="0" width="100%">
                  <col width="1*" />
                  <col width="1*" />
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Он мэр Москв<span class="bold"
                            ><strong>ы́</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>Не is the mayor of Moscow.</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Э́то уче́бник ру́сск<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>ого</strong></span> язык<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>а́</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>This is a Russian language textbook.</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">Она́ учи́тельница матема́тик<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>и</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                    <td>She is a math teacher.</td>
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                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">стака́н молок<span class="bold"
                            ><strong>а́</strong></span></em></span></td>
                    <td>a glass of milk</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">остано́вка авто́бус<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>а</strong></span></em></span></td>
                    <td>a bus stop</td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr valign="top">
                    <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                          class="foreignphrase">буты́лка вин<span class="bold"
                            ><strong>а́</strong></span></em></span></td>
                    <td>a bottle of wine</td>
                  </tr>
                </table>
              </div></li>
            <li class="listitem"><p>- indicating quantity with numbers</p><p>2,3,4: <span
                  xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                    >кни́ги</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                    class="foreignphrase">до́ма</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">окна</em></span>́
                (Gen. singular)</p><p>5-20: <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                    xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">книг</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">домо́в</em></span>,
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                    >око́н</em></span> (Gen. plural)</p></li>
            <li class="listitem"><p>- indicating absence of someone or something using the word
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                    >нет</em></span> (the opposite of <span xml:lang="ru" class="bold"
                    ><strong>есть)</strong></span></p><div class="informaltable">
                <table class="informaltable" border="0">
                  <colgroup>
                    <col align="left" class="c1" />
                    <col align="left" class="c2" />
                    <col align="left" class="c3" />
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                      <td colspan="2" align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                            xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Есть кни́ги.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">There are books.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="left"> </td>
                      <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                            class="foreignphrase">Нет кни<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>г</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">There aren't (any) books.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                            xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Есть вре́мя.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">There is time.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="left"> </td>
                      <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                            class="foreignphrase">Нет вре́м<span class="bold"
                              ><strong>ени</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">There's no time.</td>
                    </tr>
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                      <td colspan="2" align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                            xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У него́ есть сын.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">He has a son.</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="left"> </td>
                      <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                            class="foreignphrase">У него́ нет сы́н<span class="bold"
                                ><strong>а</strong></span>.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">He doesn't have a son.</td>
                    </tr>
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                      <td colspan="2" align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                            xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ива́н сего́дня на
                          уро́ке.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">Ivan is in class today.</td>
                    </tr>
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                      <td align="left"> </td>
                      <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                            class="foreignphrase">Ива́н<span class="bold"><strong>а</strong></span>
                            нет сего́дня на уро́ке.</em></span></td>
                      <td align="left">Ivan is not in class today.</td>
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              </div></li>
            <li class="listitem"><p>- indicating possession with preposition у followed by a noun or
                pronoun plus the word <span xml:lang="ru" class="bold"
                ><strong>есть</strong></span></p><p><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                    xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У <span class="bold"><strong>меня́
                      </strong></span>есть....</em></span></p><p><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У <span class="bold"
                        ><strong>них </strong></span>есть...</em></span>.</p><p><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У <span class="bold"
                        ><strong>Ива́на</strong></span> есть....</em></span></p><p><span
                  xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У
                      <span class="bold"><strong>Ири́ны</strong></span>
                есть....</em></span></p><p>Note that the object owned is in the <span class="bold"
                    ><strong>nominative case</strong></span></p><p><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У меня́ есть <span
                      class="bold"><strong>кни́га</strong></span>.</em></span></p><p><span
                  xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У них
                    есть <span class="bold"><strong>де́ти</strong></span>.</em></span></p><p><span
                  xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У
                    Ива́на есть <span class="bold"
                  ><strong>маши́на.</strong></span></em></span></p><p><span xml:lang="ru"
                  class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">У Ири́ны есть <span
                      class="bold"><strong>соба́ка.</strong></span></em></span></p></li>
          </ul>
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        <p>The table below shows the forms of the Genitive cases (G) for nouns and adjectives and
          compares them to Nominative case (N) and Accusative case (A).</p>
        <div class="informaltable">
          <table border="1" width="100%">
            <col width="1cm" />
            <col width="1*" />
            <col width="1*" />
            <col width="1*" />
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                <td></td>
                <td><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">OH</em></span></td>
                <td><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                          xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНА́</em></span></strong></span></td>
                <td><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                          xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНО́</em></span></strong></span></td>
                <td><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                          xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНИ́</em></span></strong></span></td>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tr align="center" valign="top">
              <td>N</td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вый студе́нт</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рый дом</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вая студе́нтка</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рая кварти́ра</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вое сло́во</em></span>
                </p>
                <p xml:lang="ru">ста́рое кре́сло</p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вые студе́нты</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рые костю́мы</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td>A</td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вого студе́нта</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рый дом</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вую студе́нтку</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рую кварти́ру</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вое сло́во</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рое кре́сло</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вых студе́нтов</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рые костю́мы</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr align="center" valign="top">
              <td>G</td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вого студе́нта</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рого до́ма</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вой студе́нтки</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рой кварти́ры</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вого сло́ва</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рого кре́сла</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
              <td>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >но́вых студе́нтов</em></span>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                      >ста́рых костю́мов</em></span>
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
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        <p>The table below shows the forms of the Genitive case (G) for nouns and adjectives and
          compares them to Nominative case (N) and Accusative case (A).</p>
        <div class="informaltable">
          <table class="informaltable" border="1">
            <colgroup>
              <col align="left" class="c1" />
              <col align="left" class="c2" />
              <col align="left" class="c3" />
              <col align="left" class="c4" />
              <col align="left" class="c5" />
              <col align="left" class="c6" />
              <col align="left" class="c7" />
              <col align="left" class="c8" />
            </colgroup>
            <tbody>
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                <td align="left">N</td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">я</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">ты</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">он</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">она́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">мы</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">вы</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">они́</em></span></td>
              </tr>
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                <td align="left">A</td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">меня́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">тебя́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">его́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">её</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">нас</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">вас</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">их</em></span></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="left">G</td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">меня́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">тебя́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">его́</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">её</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">нас</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">вас</em></span></td>
                <td align="left"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                      class="foreignphrase">их</em></span></td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>
        </div>
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              <h3 class="title"><a id="d5e9070"></a><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                    xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Упражне́ние</em></span> №18.</h3>
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        <p>Find examples of the Genitive case in Lessons 2-4.</p>
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