Genitive case
Used to indicate possession of an object.
Meaning: of (something), ‘s (indicate possession).
Questions: Of what; whose? Юуны? Хэний?
Pronouns:
| 1st person | Миний (mine) | Бидний (ours) |
| 2nd person | Чиний (yours) | Таны (yours) |
| 3rd person | Түүний (his/hers/its) | Тэдний (theirs) |
Suffixes:
| -ы | Used with word stems ending in a back vowel (а, о, я, у, ё) |
| -ын | Used with word stems NOT ending in a back vowel |
| -н | Used with word stems ending in a diphthong (ай, ой, уй, эй, үй, ий) |
| -ийн | Used with words ending in a back vowel Used with words ending in a front vowel (ө, ү, э, е) |
| -ий | Used with front vowel word stems ending in a -н |
| -ний | Used with words with a long front vowel stem ending in a fleeting n Ширээ= ширээний |
| -гийн | Used with word stems with a hidden g Шуудан= шуудангийн |
Genitive Case Rules:
Use -x to indicate possession when using pronouns such as Минийх (mine)
Prepositions used with Genitive case:
- Төдийгүй (not only, as well)
- Төлөө (for someone’s sake)
- Тул (for the sake of; in order to)
- Тухай (about)
- Өмнө (before; in front of)
- Орчим (near)
- Оронд (instead of)
- Наана (this side of)
- Цаана (that side of)
- Хамт (together)
- Хойно (behind)
- Дэргэд (near)
- Дараа (after)
- Дунд (in the middle of)
- Дотор (within; admidst)
- Дор (under)
- Гадаа (outside)
Examples:
Монголын тухай (about Mongolia)
Миний тул (for my sake)
Тогооны дотор (inside the pot)
Гэрийн гадаа (outside the ger or yurt)
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