References to page numbers and Lessons pertain to the second edition of the textbook. Note that a different index to the Gramamar, arranged by subject, is also provided. Parts of speech in this Grammar are defined by the form of words, not by their meaning or use. Words are said to be inflected for a grammatical category. The four declension classes of Russian nouns.
Adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.
Russian has two tenses, the past and the non-past. The non-past tense is inflected for person. The principal function of the Prepositional case is to distinguish location from motion. The Genitive case has numerous functions. B. Review of Prepositions 1.