A Comprehensive Russian Grammar

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar, 4th Edition
Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
	Introduction
	1 The Cyrillic alphabet
	2 The international phonetic alphabet (IPA)
	Pronunciation
	3 Stressed vowels
	4 Unstressed vowels
	5 Hard and soft consonants
	6 Double palatalization
	7 Non-palatalization of consonants in some loan words
	8 Hard sign and soft sign
	9 The reflexive suffix -cь/-cя
	10 Effect of a soft consonant on a vowel in the preceding syllable
	11 Voiced and unvoiced consonants
	12 The pronunciation of -чн-
	13 Consonants omitted in pronunciation
	14 The pronunciation of double consonants
	15 Stress
	Orthography
	16 Spelling rules
	17 Use of capital and small letters in titles and names
	Division of Words
	18 Division into syllables
	19 Splitting a word at the end of a line
	Punctuation
	20 Introductory comments
	21 The full stop, exclamation mark and question mark
	22 The comma: introductory comments
	23 Uses of the comma
	24 The colon. The semicolon. The dash
	25 The punctuation of direct speech
	26 Suspension points (мнoгoтóчиe)
	The Noun
	Word Formation
	27 Word formation in the noun I: general
	28 Word formation in the noun II: prefixation
	29 Word formation in the noun III: suffixation
	Gender
	30 Masculine, feminine and neuter gender
	31 Masculine nouns
	32 Feminine nouns
	33 Soft-sign nouns
	34 Neuter nouns
	35 Common gender
	36 Indeclinable nouns of foreign origin
	37 Indeclinable place names
	38 Titles of books etc.
	39 Acronyms
	40 Alphabetisms
	41 Stump compounds
	42 Compound hyphenated nouns
	43 Differentiation of gender through suffixes
	44 Professions
	45 Animals
	Declension
	46 Introduction
	47 Animacy
	48 Nouns which are used only in the singular
	49 Nouns which have a plural form only
	50 Declension chart
	51 First declension: masculine nouns
	52 The fleeting vowel
	53 Partitive genitive in -у/-ю
	54 Prepositional/locative singular in -у́/-ю́
	55 Special masculine plural forms
	56 Nouns whose genitive plural is identical with the nominative singular
	57 Stress patterns in first-declension masculine nouns
	58 First declension: neuter nouns in -ο
	59 First declension: nouns in -e, -ье, -ë, -ьë
	60 Stress patterns in the plural of neuter nouns
	61 Second declension: nouns in -a/-я
	62 Stress patterns in second-declension nouns
	63 Third declension: soft-sign feminine nouns
	64 Declension of neuter nouns in -мя
	65 Declension of nouns in -ия/-ие
	66 The masculine noun пyть
	67 The neuter noun дитя́
	68 Дéти and лю́ди
	69 Declension of first names
	70 Declension of surnames
	71 Declension of place names
	72 Apposition in the names of publications, towns etc.
	73 Declension of alphabetisms
	74 Declension of hyphenated noun co-ordinates
	75 Agreement of pяд, бoльшинcтвó etc.
	76 Constructions of the type bcе пoвеpнýли гóлoвy
	Case Usage
	77 The nominative
	78 The vocative
	79 The accusative
	80 The genitive: possession and relationship
	81 The genitive: quantity
	82 The genitive with adjectives
	83 The partitive genitive
	84 The partitive genitive in -y/-ю
	85 Genitive in -y in set phrases
	86 Genitive and negative
	87 The genitive and accusative after negated verbs
	88 Verbs that take the genitive
	89 The dative as indirect object of a verb
	90 Verbs that take the dative
	91 Adjectives that take the dative
	92 Impersonal constructions using the dative
	93 The dative as the logical subject of an infinitive
	94 The instrumental of function
	95 The instrumental in constructions denoting movements of the body
	96 The instrumental in passive constructions
	97 The instrumental in adverbial expressions
	98 Use of the instrumental to denote similarity
	99 Verbs that take the instrumental
	100 Adjectives that take the instrumental
	101 The instrumental of dimension
	102 The instrumental as predicate
	103 Nouns in apposition
	Diminutive and Augmentative Nouns
	104 Meanings and functions of the diminutive
	105 Masculine diminutives
	106 Feminine diminutives
	107 Neuter diminutives
	108 Other diminutive suffixes
	109 Augmentative suffixes
	The Pronoun
	110 Personal pronouns
	111 Use of personal instead of possessive pronouns
	112 Use of the nominative pronoun with э́тo
	113 The pronoun я
	114 The pronoun мы
	115 The pronouns ты and вы
	116 The third-person pronouns (oн, онá, онó, oни́)
	117 The reflexive pronoun ceбя́
	118 The possessive pronouns мoй, твoй, нaш, вaш
	119 The possessive pronouns eгó, eë, иx
	120 The reflexive possessive pronoun cвoй, cвoя́, cвoë, cвoи́
	121 Declension of the interrogative/relative pronouns
	122 Kтo, чтo, кaкóй, кoтópый, чeй as interrogative pronouns
	123 Koтópый, какóй, чeй, ктo and чтo as relative pronouns
	124 Other functions of the interrogative/relative pronouns
	125 Declension of the demonstrative pronouns э́тoт, тoт, тaкóй, ceй and э́кий
	126 The demonstrative pronouns э́тoт and тoт
	127 Constructions of the type пpимép тoмý
	128 The demonstrative pronoun тaкóй
	129 The pronouns ceй and э́кий
	130 Declension of the determinative pronouns caм, cáмый, вecь, вcя́кий, кáждый, вcя́чecкий
	131 Caм and cáмый
	132 Becь, цéлый, вcя́кий, кáждый, любóй, вcя́чeский
	133 The negative pronouns никтó, ничтó, никaкóй, ничéй. The negative particle нe
	134 Hиктó
	135 Hичтó
	136 Hикaкóй and ничéй
	137 The ‘potential’ negative pronouns нéкoгo, нéчeгo
	138 The indefinite pronouns ктó-тo, ктó-нибyдь, ктó-либo; чтó‐тo, чтó‐нибyдь, чтó‐либo; кaкóй‐тo, кaкóй‐нибyдь, кaкóй‐либo; чéй‐тo, чéй‐нибyдь, чéй‐либo
	139 The indefinite pronouns кòe-ктó, кòe-чтó, кòe-кaкóй
	140 Нéктo, нéчтo
	141 Нéкoтopый
	142 Héкий
	143 Other parts of speech which can also function as pronouns
The Adjective
	144 Introduction
	The Long Form of the Adjective
	145 The long adjective: hard endings
		146 ‘Mixed’ declension
		147 Soft-ending adjectives
	148 Formation of adjectives from nouns: the suffixes -н-, -ск- and -oв-/-eв-
		149 Adjectival endings with specific meanings
		150 Nouns with more than one adjective
		151 Possessive adjectives
	152 Diminutive adjectives in -eнький/-oнький
	153 Diminutive adjectives in -oвaтый/-eвaтый
		154 Indeclinable adjectives
		155 Attributive use of the long adjective
		156 Use of the long adjective with predicative meaning
		157 Some uses of singular and plural adjectives
		158 Adjectival nouns
	The Short Form of the Adjective
		159 Endings of the short form of the adjective
		160 Adjectives which have long forms only
		161 The buffer vowels -e-, -o- and -ë- in the masculine short form
		162 Some special short forms
	163 Masculine short forms of adjectives in -eнный
		164 Stress patterns
		165 Divergence in stress between masculine, neuter and plural long and short forms
		166 The short form: usage. Introductory comments
		167 Use of the short form to denote temporary state
		168 Short forms: pairs of opposites
		169 Adjectives of dimension
		170 Delimitation of meaning by the oblique case of a noun or pronoun
		171 Delimitation by a prepositional phrase
		172 Delimitation by a subordinate clause or an infinitive
		173 The short form as predicate to infinitives, verbal nouns and nouns with certain qualifiers
		174 The short form in generalized statements
		175 Position of the short form of the adjective
	The Comparative Degree of the Adjective
		176 The comparative degree. Introductory comments
	177 The attributive comparative with бóлее
		178 One-word attributive comparatives
	179 Predicative comparative forms in -ее
		180 Comparative short forms in -e
		181 The short-form comparative in predicative meaning
		182 Constructions with the comparative
		183 The short-form comparative in attributive meaning
		184 Other functions of the short-form comparative
	The Superlative Degree of the Adjective
	185 The superlative degree with cáмый
	186 Bы́cший and ни́зший
	187 The superlative in -eйший and -aйший
	188 The superlative with нaибóлee
		189 Other superlatives
	The Numeral
	Cardinal, Collective and Indefinite Numerals
	190 The cardinal numeral
	191 Declension of cardinal numerals
	192 Ноль/нуль. Meanings and usage
	193 The numeral оди́н, однá, однó, одни́
	194 Полторá/полторы́; двa/две, три, четы́ре; óбa/óбе
	195 Numerals five and above
	196 Agreement of oblique cases of numerals полторá/полторы́ to 999 with oblique plural forms of nouns
	197 Ты́cячa ‘thousand’, миллиoн ‘million’, миллиaрд ‘a thousand million’, биллиoн ‘billion’, триллиoн ‘trillion’
	198 Declension of compound numerals
	199 Cardinals as numerical ‘labels’
	200 Collective numerals
	201 Indefinite numerals
	202 Agreement of the predicate with a subject which contains a numeral
	Ordinal Numerals
	203 Formation of ordinal numerals
	204 Ordinal numerals: usage
	Special Functions of Numerals
	205 Cardinals and ordinals in fractions and decimals
	206 Telling the time
	207 Giving the date
	208 Age
	209 Quantitative nouns
	210 Numerals in arithmetic
	211 Numerals in compound nouns and adjectives
	The Verb
	Conjugation
	212 Infinitive-preterite stem and present-future stem
		213 The conjugation of the verb
		214 The first conjugation
	215 First-conjugation verbs with stems ending in a vowel
	216 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems I
	217 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems II: verbs in -ать with consonant mutation throughout conjugation
	218 First-conjugation verbs with consonant stems III: verbs in -ти, -cть/-зть, -чь
		219 Mobile stress in the conjugation of first-conjugation verbs
		220 Second conjugation: present-future stems
		221 Present-future endings in the second conjugation
	222 Consonant change in the conjugation of second-conjugation verbs
		223 Stress change in the second conjugation
		224 Irregular verbs
		225 Deficiencies in the conjugation of certain verbs
		226 The verb ‘to be’
		227 Formation of the imperative
		228 Stress in the imperative
		229 Verbs with no imperative or a little-used imperative
		230 Formation of the past tense
	231 Verbs with no -л in the masculine past tense
		232 Mobile stress in the past tense of verbs
		233 Formation of the future (imperfective and perfective)
	234 The buffer vowel -о- in conjugation
	Aspect
		235 The aspect. Introductory comments
		236 Verbs with one aspect only
	237 Bi-aspectual verbs
		238 Formation of the aspects
		239 Formation of the perfective by prefixation
		240 Functions of the perfective prefixes
		241 Semantic differentiation of aspects
		242 Submeanings of perfectives
		243 Formation of verbal aspects by internal modification
	244 The formation of imperfectives from prefixed first-conjugation verbs
		245 Vowel mutation in secondary imperfective verbs
	246 Secondary imperfectives based on second-conjugation verbs
	247 Consonant mutation in secondary imperfectives based on second-conjugation verbs
		248 Secondary imperfectives based on monosyllabic verbs
		249 Submeanings of some prefixed imperfectives
		250 The differentiation of aspect by conjugation
		251 Aspectival pairs with different roots
		252 Verbs which are reflexive in the imperfective aspect only
	253 Compounds of -ложить
		254 Meanings of verbal prefixes
		255 The imperfective and perfective aspects
		256 Aspect in the present tense
		257 Aspect in the past tense
		258 Use of the imperfective past to express a ‘statement of fact’
		259 Use of the imperfective past to denote an action and its reverse
		260 Aspectival usage when emphasis is on the identity of the person performing the action
		261 Use of the imperfective past to denote a forthcoming event
		262 Negated verbs in the past
		263 Aspect in the future
		264 The ‘logical’ future
		265 The future in reported speech
		266 Use of the future to express repeated actions
		267 The perfective future in warnings
		268 Aspect in questions
		269 Some uses of the imperfective imperative
		270 Use of the imperative in the context of a single action
		271 Use of the imperative to exhort and invite
		272 A command arising naturally from context
		273 Negative commands/warnings
		274 Use of the perfective imperative with repeated actions
		275 Use of the future and the infinitive to express peremptory commands
		276 Aspect in the infinitive. Introductory comments
		277 Use of the infinitive to denote habitual actions
		278 Use of the imperfective infinitive after verbs of beginning, continuing and concluding
		279 Inadvisable and advisable actions
		280 A request to perform/not to perform an action
		281 Use of the infinitive after не хочу́
	282 Use of the infinitive with порá
		283 Use of infinitives after verbs of motion
	Reflexive Verbs
		284 Reflexive verbs: conjugation
		285 The ‘true’ reflexive
	286 Semi-reflexive verbs
		287 Intransitive reflexives
		288 Reflexive verbs with passive meaning
		289 Reciprocal meanings
		290 Reflexive verbs which express feelings and attitudes
		291 Intense or purposeful action
		292 Reflexive verbs that emphasize thoroughness
		293 Reflexive verbs that denote potential to perform an action
	Impersonal Constructions
		294 Use of impersonal constructions to denote natural processes
		295 Impersonal constructions with an animate accusative or dative
		296 Impersonal constructions involving an external force
		297 Expression of other meanings (chance, sufficiency etc.)
	298 Constructions with the second-person singular
	299 Constructions with the third-person plural
	The Passive Voice
		300 The passive voice. Introductory comments
		301 The passive expressed by imperfective reflexive verbs
	302 Passive meaning expressed by third-person plural verbs
		303 Perfective reflexives with passive meaning
	The Conditional and Subjunctive Moods
		304 The conditional mood. Introductory comments
		305 Formation of the conditional
	306 Use of (1) the imperative and (2) the preposition без to express conditional meanings
		307 Use of the particle to express desire
		308 Use of the subjunctive to express wish or desire
		309 The subjunctive of purposeful endeavour
		310 Purpose clauses
		311 The expression of hypothesis
		312 Concessive constructions
	Constructions Expressing Obligation, Necessity, Possibility or Potential
		313 The expression of obligation and necessity
		314 The expression of possibility or potential
	Verbs of Motion
		315 Unidirectional and multidirectional verbs of motion
		316 Conjugation of verbs of motion
		317 Imperatives of verbs of motion
		318 Past tense of verbs of motion
	319 ‘To go’: идти/ходить and éхaть/éздить
		320 Functions of unidirectional verbs of motion
		321 Unidirectional verbs in frequentative contexts
		322 Functions of multidirectional verbs of motion
		323 Use of the past tense of a multidirectional verb to denote a single return journey
	324 The verbs неcти́, ноcи́ть; веcти́, води́ть; везти́, вози́ть
		325 Translation of ‘to drive’
		326 Perfectives of unidirectional verbs
	327 Special meanings of пойти́
	328 He пошëл and не ходи́л
		329 Perfectives of multidirectional verbs
		330 Figurative and idiomatic uses of verbs of motion
		331 Compound verbs of motion
		332 Stems of compound verbs of motion
		333 Spelling rules in the formation of compound verbs of motion
		334 Prefixed verbs of motion
		335 Use of the imperfective past of a compound verb of motion to denote an action and its reverse
		336 Figurative and idiomatic uses of compound verbs of motion
	337 Perfectives in c- based on multidirectional verbs
	338 Perfectives in зa-, из- and нa- based on multidirectional verbs
	Participles
		339 Participles. Introductory comments
		340 Present active participle. Formation
		341 Stress in the present active participle
		342 The past active participle. Formation
		343 Stress in the past active participle
		344 The imperfective passive participle. Formation
		345 Stress in the imperfective passive participle
		346 Verbs which have no imperfective passive participle
		347 Formation of passive participles from secondary imperfectives whose primaries have no participle
		348 The perfective passive participle. Introductory comments
	349 Formation (infinitives in -aть/-ять)
		350 Stress in the participles from a and its compounds
	351 Formation of the long‐form (attributive) participle from verbs in -aть/-ять
	352 Formation of the short‐form participle from second‐conjugation verbs in -ить/-еть
	353 Consonant mutation in participles from second‐conjugation infinitives in -ить/-еть
	354 Formation of the long‐form (attributive) participle from second‐conjugation verbs in -ить/-еть
	355 Formation of perfective passive participles (short form) from verbs in -ти, -чь, -зть, -cть
	356 Long‐form participles from verbs in -ти, -чь, -зть, -cть
	357 Perfective passive participles in -т
	358 The long form of participles in -т
	359 Functions of short-form participles
	360 Functions of long-form participles
	361 Agreement of long-form participle and noun
		362 Participial synonymy
		363 Participles as adjectives and nouns
		364 Participial adjectives
	365 Distinction between short-form adjectives and short-form participles
	366 Impersonal function of short-form participles
	Gerunds
		367 The gerund. Introductory comments
		368 Formation of the imperfective gerund
		369 Stress in the imperfective gerund
		370 Verbs with no imperfective gerund
		371 Compensation for the lack of an imperfective gerund
	372 The perfective gerund: formation (verbs in -ть, -cть (д-stems))
		373 Reflexive perfective gerunds
	374 Perfective gerunds with alternative forms in -я/-a
	375 Gerunds from perfective verbs in -ти and -cть
	376 Gerunds from perfective verbs in -чь and -зть
		377 Functions of the gerunds
		378 Special features of constructions with gerunds
		379 Reversal of the sequence of actions expressed by main verb and gerund
		380 Gerunds as other parts of speech
	The Adverb
	381 Introductory comments
	382 Adverbs derived from adjectives
	383 Adverbs derived from nouns
	384 Adverbs derived from verbs
	385 Adverbs derived from numerals
	386 Adverbs derived from pronouns
	387 Primary spatial adverbs
	388 Primary adverbs of time
	389 Ужé, ужé нe
	390 Eщë, eщë нe
	391 The temporal adverbs дóлгo, дaвнó and нeдáвнo
	392 Primary adverbs of manner and extent
	393 Interrelating adverbs
	394 Tóжe, тáкжe
	395 Indefinite adverbs (adverbs in -тo, -нибyдь, -либo and кòe-)
	396 The negative adverbs нигдé, никyдá, ниoткýдa, никoгдá, никáк, ниcкóлькo
	397 The negative adverbs нéгдe, нéкyдa, нéкoгдa, нéoткyдa, нéзaчeм
	398 Comparative adverbs
	399 Variant forms of some comparative adverbs
	400 The superlative adverb
	The Preposition
	401 Introductory comments
	402 Primary prepositions and cases
	403 Repetition of prepositions
	404 The buffer vowel -o
	405 Stress in primary prepositions
	406 Adverbial prepositions
	407 Prepositions derived from nouns and verbs
	Spatial Prepositions
	408 B and на + prepositional/accusative, из/c + genitive
		409 The use of  and  with geographical terminology and the names of organizations, buildings and parts of buildings
	410 Nouns which may be used with в and на, but with different meanings
		411 Special uses of c + genitive
		412 Uses of  and  when the dependent noun denotes an activity, event
	413 В and на: extension of the spatial meanings
	Prepositions that Denote the Position of an Object in Relation to Another Object (Behind, in Front of, Below, on Top of etc.), or Movement to or from that Position
	414 За + instrumental/accusative, из-за + genitive
	415 За + instrumental/accusative: extension of the spatial meanings
	416 Пеpед + instrumental, впеpеди́ + genitive
	417 Пoд + instrumental/accusative, из‐пoд + genitive
	418 Над + instrumental, пoвépх + genitive
	419 Мèждy + instrumental, cpеди́, пocpеди́, напpóтив,пpòтив, вдòль, внè, внỳтpи́, внỳтpь, вoкpỳг, ми́мo + genitive
	Prepositions that Denote Spatial Closeness to an Object, Movement Towards or Away from an Object, or Distance from an Object
	420 У + genitive, к + dative, oт + genitive
	421 Бли́з, бли́зкo oт, вòзле, недалекó oт, непoдалëкy oт, òкoлo, пòдле + genitive; бли́зкo к, бли́же к + dative; pя́дoм c + instrumental
	422 Пpи + prepositional
	423 Вдали́ oт, далекó oт, пoдáльше oт + genitive
	Prepositions that Denote Along, Across, Through a Spatial Area
	424 Пo + dative; чеpез, cквòзь + accusative; пoпеpëк, вглyбь, вдòль + genitive
	Prepositions that Denote Spatial Limit
	425 Дo + genitive, по + accusative
	Temporal Prepositions
		426 Telling the time
		427 Days
		428 Parts of a day
		429 Weeks, months, years and centuries
		430 General time words
		431 Nouns that denote stages in a process
		432 The weather
		433 Festivals
	The Use of Prepositions to Denote Action in Relation to Various Time Limits
	434 The use of c + genitive, дo + genitive/по + accusative to denote terminal points in time
	435 Use of к + dative and пoд + accusative to denote temporal approach
	436 Use of в/за + accusative to denote the time taken to complete an action
	437 Use of в + accusative to denote the period during which an action occurs a stated number of times
	438 Use of на + accusative to denote the time for which something has been arranged
		439 Use of prepositions to denote sequence in time (before, after etc.)
	440 Temporal prepositional phrases as attributes to nouns: за + accusative, oт + genitive
	441 Positioning an event within a time span: cpеди́ + genitive, мèждy + instrumental
	442 Coincidence in time: пpи + prepositional
	Other Meanings
		443 Prepositions with causal meaning
		444 Prepositions that denote the object of feelings and attitudes
		445 Prepositions that denote extent
		446 Prepositions that denote purpose
		447 Concessive meanings expressed by prepositions
	448 Пo + dative/accusative in distributive meaning
	Other Important Meanings Expressed by Prepositions
		449 Prepositions that take the accusative
		450 Prepositions that take the genitive
		451 Prepositions that take the dative
		452 Prepositions that take the instrumental
		453 Prepositions that take the prepositional
	The Conjunction
	454 Introductory comments
	Co‐ordinating Conjunctions
		455 Connective conjunctions
		456 Adversative conjunctions
		457 Disjunctive conjunctions
	Subordinating Conjunctions
		458 Explanatory conjunctions
		459 Causal conjunctions
		460 Conjunctions of purpose
		461 Conjunctions of result
		462 Conditional conjunctions
		463 Concessive conjunctions
		464 Comparative conjunctions
		465 Temporal conjunctions. Introductory comments
		466 Temporal conjunctions which render ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘by the time that’, ‘until’, ‘since’
		467 Other conjunctions of time
	The Particle
	468 The particle. Introductory comments
	469 The position of the particle in the sentence
	470 The use of particles to impart different nuances of meaning
	471 Some of the principal meanings expressed by particles
	472 Modal functions of particles
	473 The meanings of individual particles
	474 The aggregation of particles for increased emphasis
	Word Order
	475 Introductory comments
	476 ‘New’ and ‘given’ information
	477 Relative position of subject and verb
	478 Subject, verb, object
	479 The position of the adjective
	480 The position of the adverb
	481 Sentences that contain more than one adverb or adverbial phrase
	482 The position of the noun or pronoun in impersonal constructions
	483 The position of particles in the sentence
	484 Word order in expressive styles
Appendix: English Words and Phrases in Modern Russian
Glossary
Bibliography
Subject Index
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