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After prepositions the stem [у-] is replaced by [nj-]: от него "from him," с ним "with him," в нём "in it," and so on; excepted are the g forms as possessors of a noun: от его брата "from his brother," у её брата "at her brother's, in her brother's possession," в их стране "in their country."  

The pronominal adjective некий "some," "a kind of" is used only in writing and in bookish speech. It has some forms from a stem [njek-], some from a stem [njekoy-], and the Pn некий from a stem [njekjiy-]: Mn некий, g некоего, d некоему, i неким or некоим, l некоем; Nn некое; Fn некая, a некую, g, d, l некой or некоей; Pn некий, gl неких or некоих, and so on.

Another old-fashioned pronominal adjective is сей "this," F сия, N сие, P син, as F сию; the remaining forms are from a stem [sj-]; gs M, N сего, dls F сей, etc. This word survives in a few expressions: сегодня "today," сейчас "right away."  

The interrogative pronouns [k-] "who" and [č-] "what" have an ending [-to] in the n forms; before this [č] is replaced by [š], but written ч. The i ending has [e] instead of [i]. There are no distinctions of gender or number:

For compounds of these words see §23.  

The personal pronouns are я "I," мы "we," вы "you." In addition there is a familiar singular pronoun for "you," used in talking to one child, to one person with whom one is on very familiar terms, or to one non-human being (animal, saint, God). Further, there is a reflexive pronoun, g a себя (with no n form), used when an object is the same person as the subject: я вижу себя "I see myself"; он дал себе слово "he gave himself his word"; вы говорите о себе "you are talking about yourself (or yourselves)." The g forms are not used for a possessor; see §15. The inflections are very irregular.

 

The number один "one" has pronominal adjective inflection, §16. After it, nouns and adjectives are inflected in the usual way: один большой стол "one big table." When один is the last part of a longer number, the nouns and adjectives are still singular: двадцать один рубль "21 rubles"; я видел сорок одного мальчика "I saw 41 boys." The P forms are used with things that go in pairs, meaning "one pair": у человека одни рукм "a human being has one pair of hands"; also with nouns that occur in P form only: одни часы "one watch or clock."

The numbers два "two," три "three," четыре "four" are inflected as follows:

The n две is used with F nouns.

The number оба "both" has one set of forms for M and N nouns and one for F:

When an expression with these numbers is in the n case (including the a of inanimates; see below), the noun is in genitive singular form, a pronominal adjective (§§14-17) before the number is in nominative plural form, and an ordinary adjective before or after the number is in genitive plural or nominative plural form: эти два больших (or большие) стола "these two big tables." When the expression is in some other case, the numeral and the other words agree, the latter in plural form: на этих двух больших столах "on these two big tables." The a of these expressions is like the n when the noun is inanimate: дайте мне ваши три рубля "give me your three 