"У мамы есть хлеб?"

Translation: Does Mom have bread?

[rfinnerty]

Why is mama in the genitive case (мамы) and not the nominative (мама)?

[AugustoCesar2112]

According the tips and notes section, the preposition У requires the genitive case.

[Cecilia798621]

Is the tips and notes page only on computer versions?

[avernie]

Sady yes. -.-

[paulemann282]

I think this is to be read as 'is this mom' s bread' or 'is bread in mom's possession' for the genitive

[KeithColli6]

Why does the article not count in this case? "Does Mom have the bread?"

[El-Inc]

It should not be "Mom" but "mom"

[JirkaBuk]

Yup.. that confused me too

[RandusApplecorn]

the bread
bread
why does it matter russian aint got no articles
nohow

[nadine742332]

У what does it exactly mean!!?

[DolanPompa]

It means "at/with/in". But in most cases, it acts a genitive posture for "have".

[minor7911]

just wondering about the apostrophe

[AlvaroSanc958905]

Is it just me or does Мама и мамы sound the same in the audio? Is the pronunciation supposed to be different?

[David695834]

Is "mom has a bread?" wrong? :s

[David695834]

Sorry "does mom have a bread?" :s

[MargaretCatambay]

My oral skills are zero so far. How can I improve how to speak Russian?

[Yumi793264]

No confuse, is very clear!!

[seabass99]

Why is there uppercase Ь?????????????

[dog464290]

I swear to god she is pronouncing хлеб as 'flip' or something.

[Cecilia798621]

I cant pronounce хлеб for the life of me. I got the gutteral H but i cant put it together with the leb.

[Feofox]

how do i know that this is the posessive ест and not the verb to eat ?

[vika281273]

I think Ест is to have and есть with an ь at the end is to eat. When someone talks, you can understand it from the context and it's pronounced slightly different

[Nicole442087]

How can есть as "have" be distinguished from "eat"

[ZaimMarzuk]

ь is the difference

[Mayor_Prentiss]

Im probably being stupid, but what does the 'У' do in this case

[OA8T1]

It said no listening exercises for the next hour, although i did get it right. It won't go to the next question and i am 8 in a row.

[Denis525]

Usage of "the" and "a" starts to anger me really much. I simply added it behind bread because I always lost heart when I didn't put it there, now it doesn't belong there. Duolingo should really take a look at acceptable answers.

[ScarsUnseen]

Is this basically like saying, "Does mom have her (mom's own) bread?"

"Мамы" implies specific ownership?