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Russian verb to have

Russian ns, prons, adjs & nums decline in gender: m, f, n; number: s, p & case: n, g, d, a, i, p. Adv, conj, interj, prep stay the same. Verbs: 3 ten, 2 asp; asp pairs are formed: via pref, suf & lex. Beware of verbs of position and motion!
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Present of Russian verb to have[edit]

To say 'I have...' is У + ' + (есть) + nom, and to say 'I haven't...' is У + gen + нет + gen:

I have cats - У меня́ (есть) коты́
I don't have cats - У меня́ нет кото́в

Note that Russians only use the word есть when the emphasis is on the fact that you are the owner of something:

У меня есть сад.

In other cases Russians omit the word есть:

- Какой сад у вас?
- У меня маленький садик.

Past of Russian verb to have[edit]

To form the past tense, 'I had...', replace есть with был/была́/бы́ло/бы́ли as appropriate. Notice that the gender and number of the verb depends on the possessed item, not the possessor, since that is the subject of the verb:

I had a bottle of vodka - У меня́ была́ буты́лка во́дки - меня follows у so is genitive; буты́лка is the subject so is nominative; во́дки is genitive as it's in the bottle ('bottle of vodka').
He had dollars - У него́ бы́ли до́ллары - note the use of него after a preposition.

To negate these and say 'I hadn't...', use the same construction as 'There weren't...': У + gen + не́ было + gen:

He had no dollars - У него́ не́ было до́лларов
We had no dollars - У нас не́ было до́лларов

Future of Russian verb to have[edit]

To form the future tense, 'I will have...', replace есть with будет/будут as appropriate. Notice that the number of the verb depends on the possessed item, not the possessor, since that is the subject of the verb:

I will have children - У меня будут дети
We will have cat - У нас будет кот

To negate these and say 'I hadn't...', use the same construction as 'There weren't...': У + gen + не́ будет + gen:

He will have no key - У него́ не́ будет ключа
We will have no money - У нас не́ будет денег

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