Genitive

To form a genitive (similar to English "of") use suffixes appended to both adjective and to noun. Suffixes are different for gender and number.

SingularPlural
Masculine-ogo -a-ych -ov
Feminine (-a)-ej -y-ych a
Neuter (-o)-ogo -a-ych o

See resultion table for genitive adjective masculine and genitive adjective feminine

Example for words: muž (M), žena (F), drevo (N), syn (M), grupa (F), koleno (N):

NominativeGenderGenitive
+y
muž
syn
M+ogo
muža
syna
+a
žena
grupa
F+ej
ženy
grupy
+e
drevo
koleno
N+ogo
dreva
kolena

Kviet mojogo dobrogo muža (Flower of my good husband) S/M
Ucho tvojej novej ženy (Ear of thour new wife) S/F
Buducnost malego dreva (Future of small tree) S/N
Priklad zlatych synov (Example of golden sons) P/M
Jazyk našych starych predkov (Language of our old ancestors) P/M
Sila vašych zelenych grup (-) (Force of your green groups) P/F
Konec velikych kraľevstv (-) (End of great kingdoms) P/N

Prepositions

Several prepositions require Genitive, for example: bez (without) dla (for recipient of) do (to) iz (out of) od (from) okrem (except) u (at/nearby) zamesto (instead of)

Examples

Ide do novej pracy bez mojogo muža. (I go to new work without my husband)
Važny dokument prišel do našego ureda iz neznanej firmy. (Important document came to our office from unknown company)
Zamesto širokych ulic, miesto buduje krasne parky. (Instead of wide streets, city builds beautiful parks)

Negation

Genitive is also mandatory in negative sentences, instead of accusative.
On vidi zeleny most. → On ne vidi zelonogo mosta.
Imaš novu knigu. → Ne imaš novej knigy.

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