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Use the Genitive case to express 'of,' as in преподавђтель рџсского языкђ 'teacher of Russian, Russian teacher'. (Don't use an adjective here, because рџсский преподавђтель means an instructor who is a Russian.) Very often, the best English translation is an adjective + noun phrase:
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преподавђтель истћрии
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a history professor
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магазќн сувенќров
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a souvenir store
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Use Genitive to express possession. For a-declension nouns referring to people it's better to use the special adjective in -ин for 's:
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кнќга врачђ
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the doctor's book
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Сђшина кнќга (= кнќга Сђши)
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Sasha's book
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Мђшина кнќга (= кнќга Мђши)
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Masha's book
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Genitive is also used to express certain other types of relationship between objects and people, where the best translation is, again, an adjective + noun phrase:
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дљнь рождљния
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birthday (i.e., the day of one's birth)
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реклђма пќва
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a beer commercial (i.e., a commercial 'related' to beer)
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Дљнь танкќста
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Tank Driver Day (i.e. an annual holiday honoring tank drivers)
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