No. 119 in Russian
человека
"Человека" is the genitive or accusative case of "человек," meaning "person" or "human" in English.
In a sentence
Я встретил человека на улице.
I met a person on the street.
In this sentence, 'человека' is in the accusative case, derived from the nominative 'человек', and refers to 'a person' as the direct object of the verb 'встретил' (met).
У человека есть семья.
The person has a family.
Here, 'человека' is in the genitive case, used to indicate possession or association, and 'у человека' translates to 'the person has'.
Мы должны уважать права каждого человека.
We must respect the rights of every person.
In this example, 'человека' represents 'a person' in the singular genitive case, governed by the preposition 'каждого' (every/everyone), indicating the rights belonging to each individual.
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