Russian genitive case of quantity
Russian genitive case of quantity is used to express a part of something, a few objects:
- Nominative singular is only used for 1, 21, 121, 1121...
один палец, одна собака, одно яблоко
- Genitive singular is used for 2-4, 22-24, 32-34...
два пальца, две собаки, два яблока
- Genitive plural is used for 5-20, 25-30, 35-40, 1125-1130...
пять пальцев, пять собак, пять яблок
It is used to express approximity as well: Нам осталось идти около километра. We have about (approximately) a mile to go. около + Russian genitive case
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