Russian Declension and Conjugation Chapter 5: Pronominal Adjective Declension

What is a pronominal adjective? Well, the easy answer is “anything with this declension”, but can you list them all?

What is a pronominal adjective? Well, the easy answer is “anything with this declension”, but can you list them all? –Relational Adjectives suffixed in -/j, -in, -ov –Possessives : мой, твой, свой, наш, ваш, чей –Demonstratives этот, тот –Determinatives весь, сам –Numerals один, третий

All about -/j Note that –k, g, x, d, t, c mutate before this suffix (волчий) –A fill vowel in the noun stem becomes a full vowel in the adjective –The fill vowel in the suffix is always i because it is always unstressed before j –Watch the spelling of j: Nsg masc –ий, otherwise CьV

More notes about the relational adjectives Stress is basically where it was in the noun, and it is fixed Because –in softens preceding C, o > e in roots, as in же  нин –Exceptions: тётин, тёщин

A question about relational adjectives P. 67 “Such forms…are…giving way to the longer adjectival forms…” What is Levin referring to here? What are the longer forms that they are yielding to?

A question about relational adjectives P. 67 “Such forms…are…giving way to the longer adjectival forms…” What is Levin referring to here? What are the longer forms that they are yielding to? Forms like отцовский, материнский; note that they are usually replaced by a Genitive form too.

Special notes on the unsuffixed types End stress on all except наш, ваш, этот Тот, весь have e where we would expect i Тот, сам, этот, один soften before e, i Nsg masc ends in t for тот, этот Один has fill vowel i