Re: Declining russian names?
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Originally Posted by NineOne
I need some help, I can't seem to quite figure out how to decline russian names. I also don't know if the first name should be declined as well.
For instance, how would I say someone (any name, doensn't matter) has <whatever book> by Tatyana Tolstaya, or Fyodor Dostoyevski.
As I understand it the last name would go into genetive, does the first name as well?
Thanks :)
Yes, you decline both:
Книга Татьяны Толстой
Книга Фёдора Достоевского
Note that these two names are Adjectives (ending -ский, -стая), so decline like adjectives.