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Russian preposition на

  1. на + accusative case for direction of motion ◆ towards, onto something ◆ Он поставил на стол портфель.
  2. на + prepositional case for location ◆ on something ◆ Портфель стоит на столе, он не на стуле.
  3. на + prepositional case for time ◆ На следущей неделе будет Новый Год.
  4. на + prepositional case for measures and quantities ◆ Здесь работы на пять минут. ◆ approximately ◆ Здесь работы минут на пять. ◆ part of something ◆ Это настойка на красном перце.
  5. на + prepositional case for purpose ◆ to act in favour of someone ◆ На кого работаешь?!
Motion to-towards-onto-into Location on-in-at Motion from-off-out-of
Accusative case – Куда? – B, НА + accusative prepositional case – Где? – B, НА + prepositional genitive case – Откуда? – ИЗ, C + genitive
dative case – К кому? К чему? – К + dative genitive case – У + genitive genitive case – От кого? От чего? – ОТ + genitive
  • If B is used to express motion in prepositional and accusative then ИЗ is used in genitive
  • If НА is used to express motion in prepositional and accusative then C is used in genitive

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