Fundacja Awangarda
Ukrainian Lesson 3
Genitive Case (Родовий відмінок)
The genative case in Ukrainian has several uses such as to denote possession, to negate something (or say you don't have something), when you want to say "from something/somewhere", or in English when you use the word "of".
In Ukrainian, the genative case answers the following questions: кого/чого (of whom/of what) and куди/звiдки (where to/where from)?
Examples of the Genative Case
1. The sister's book (the book of the sister) - кни́га сестри́
2. There is no time - нема́є часу
3. I don't have a car - у ме́не нема́є маши́ни
4. There is no sugar - нема́є цу́кру
5. End of the month - кінець мі́сяця
6. Coffee without milk - ка́ва без молока́
7. He arrived from Kyiv - Він приї́хав з Киє́ва
8. Near the school - Бі́ля шко́ли
9. Nine students - дев'ять студе́нтів