russian-grammar-school/docs/Grammar/Cases/Prepositional.md

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# Prepositional

## When to use the prepositional case

Use it after:

* В
* На
* О

## Nouns

### Singular

| Masculine                     | Feminine                          | Neutral                 |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
| add -е | -а -> -е | -о -> -е                        | 
| Some nouns (mostly single syllable) “-у” (but not after preposition “о”) | | -я -> е                         | 
| | | -ь -> и                         | 

### Plurals

Take the nominative singular form and:

* -а, -о, or ends with a consonant -> -ах
* otherwise replace last letter -> -ях

## When to use "В"

Generally, use it when you're talking about **something that is inside of something else**.

### When something is inside

* в доме
* в самолёте
* в квартире
* в столе

### Continents, countries, cities, locations

* в Европе
* в Америке

## When to use "На"

Generally, use it when you're talking about something that is **on a horizontal surface** or when you're talking about **a process**.

### Surfaces

* на столе
* на пляже
* на этаже

### Processes

* на уроке
* на работе
* на обеде

### Directions

* на севере
* на юге
* на западе
* на востоке