У неё нет русских видеокассет.
-OR-
У неё нет русской видеокассет
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У неё нет русских видеокассет.
-OR-
У неё нет русской видеокассет
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnroman
Incorrect. It must be either as in first sentence (plural) or "У неё нет русской видеокассеты". (singlular)Quote:
У неё нет русской видеокассет
What case is "видеокассет" in the sentence: У неё нет русских видеокассет ?
What is the nominative singular and plural case ?
Genitive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnroman
Видеокассета -- singularQuote:
What is the nominative singular and plural case ?
Видеокассеты -- plural
May I ask why it takes genetive? I thought that it would be nominative there.
Hm... As I learned at school, genitive case answers questions "кого?" or "чего?". You can ask "Нет чего?" and answer "Видеокассет". Nominative answers questions "кто?" or "что?". You can't ask "Нет что?". That's why the case is genitive. At least I was learned to recognize cases with the help of such questions at school. I don't know how do foreigners learn cases :oops:
My explanation is awful. :oops: Maybe, somebody else can do it better?
Genetive of absence. When there isn't something, or something is missing, you need genetive.
у меня нет ДЕНЕГ.
ЕГО нет дома.
у меня РУССКИХ ДРУЗЕЙ нету.
We're just taught that after нет or a negation, use the genetive.