Put simply: We use the Russian genitive case to say that something belongs to someone or by contrast, someone or hasn''t got something. Here''s a little tip: if your English sentence has one of the following things then you''ll need to use the genitive. …
Rules for masculine and neutral nouns: If the stem of a word ends with a hard consonant, add the ending a. мы л о -> мыла ( neut., a teacher); дру г -> друга (masc., a friend); су п-> супа (masc., soup); If the stem of a word ends with a soft consonant, add the …