No. 3,151 in Russian
мальчиков
"Мальчиков" means "boys" (genitive plural) in English.
In a sentence
Я видел группу мальчиков на площадке.
I saw a group of boys on the playground.
In this sentence, 'мальчиков' is used in the genitive plural case to denote 'boys' as the object of the verb 'видел', meaning 'saw'.
У нас есть мячи для мальчиков.
We have balls for the boys.
Here, 'мальчиков' is in the genitive plural case to express possession or association, indicating that the balls are intended for the boys.
Учитель говорит о мальчиках.
The teacher is talking about the boys.
In this context, 'мальчиков' would change to 'мальчиках', which is the prepositional plural case used with the preposition 'о', meaning 'about'.
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