"Здесь нет мамы."

Translation: Mom is not here.

[dmariesaunders]

Why is it genitive?

[shaunsmile]

Same question. So, this is an alternate way to say "мама не здесь" ???

[Arcibus]

Да.

[keinemeinung]

Absence of something, as indicated by нет, takes genitive case.

[kdammers]

Thank you. But is "мама не здесь" correct? If so, is it because нет and He are different?

[Nikolaj176710]

Apparently mummy is not accepted

[CaioFranca2]

Whu is it genitive?

[keinemeinung]

Absence of something (as indicated by нет) takes genitive case.

[aditya996088]

What do you mean by genitive lol ?

[Ataque77]

Could this sentence also mean "Moms are not here", since мамы could also be a plural of мама? thanks

[keinemeinung]

Мамы as a plural is in nominative case - if you want to say "(the) moms are not here" it would be "Здесь нет мам".

[Robert_Andersson]

Is "Здесь не есть мамы" a correct translation? E.i is "нет" always used instead of "не есть"?

[ns_shadow]

No, "Здесь не есть мамы" is incorrect :)

[Robert_Andersson]

Ok. Thank you for responding! Благодарю вас! Merci! ☺

[ZanninaMargariti]

Difference between вот и здесь

[Nemanjalj7]

I am not Russian, but as someone said before вот is for introducing. Like (here is, here are.. things) here are the tables Вот столы, and здесь for other things like dad is here, папа здесь. Maybe there are some mistakes, but still hope it will be useful.

[JaciWilson]

"there isn't a mother here" doesn't mean the same as "there is no mother here"??

[shaunsmile]

In English, those two sentences mean exactly the same thing.

[FaizalZahid]

Kind of scary when you say it like that when clearly mom is in front of me, looking down all the time! O_O

[RemusGheor]

Why doesn't this translates as: This right here is not my mother's or something like this?

[keinemeinung]

There's nothing in the sentence to indicate possession of anything.

[SonerAbay]

It sounds more like: "Here is no mother" which is very odd.

[keinemeinung]

I think "Here is no mother" sounds better as Здесь нет никакой мамы or Здесь никакой мамы нет. Although in English I think it sounds better in that meaning to say "There is no mother here".

[akunosama]

Why nyet and not nye

[keinemeinung]

Net and ne*.
Think of нет as either the English "no" and also as the negation of "есть", while не is basically "not".

[akunosama]

So it like have no instead of don't have. Thanks!

[RWang2017]

Is Здесь не мамы correct?

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[RyanJohnso133066]

When I put the mouse over "Здесь" one of choices was "there is" So I made the sentence "There is not mom" (like if you saw a woman the looked like your mom until she turned around), but I got it wrong and it said I should have said "Mom is not here"

[keinemeinung]

Здесь only means "here". Perhaps they say it means "there is" to help native English speakers understand the lack of a verb and whatnot (since the Russian is literally "here no mom").

[y08V5]

Mom is not here. - Мама не здесь.
Здесь нет мамы. - There is not a mom here.