To Indicate Location
The Prepositional Case is used to indicate location, where something or someone is situated, or where something is happening. The nouns in this case are always preceded by a preposition.
1. В, во - in, at
В доме - In a house
В стране - In the country
2. На - at, on/in
На лекции - At a lecture
На улице - On the street
На вокзале - On the train station
На западе - In the west
Exceptions: в аэропорту, в глазу, в лесу, в порту, в саду, в снегу, в углу, в шкафу, на берегу, на льду.
After Certain Prepositions
О, об - about
Беседа о работе - Chat about work
Я думаю об отпуске - I'm thinking about a holiday
The table below summarises the endings and uses of the Prepositional Case.
For reference, I’ve included the Nominative Case (also known as a dictionary form) to compare the endings between the two cases.
For singular nouns, there are 2 sets of endings to remember in the Prepositional Case:
е as the most frequently used ending across the genders
и for feminine nouns ending in -ь/-ия or neuter nouns ending in -ие in their Nominative Case
For plural nouns, there is just 1 set of endings to remember: ах/ях
Adjectives
Test your grammar
Put the words in brackets into the prepositional case.
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