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Russian Noun Cases

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The six Russian grammatical cases: function, question words and example endings.

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Nominative case - Main function

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  1. 1Nominative case - Main function
    Subject of the sentence: Студе́нт чита́ет кни́гу (The student reads a book)
  2. 2Nominative case - Russian name
    имени́тельный паде́ж (imenítelʹnyy padézh)
  3. 3Nominative case - Question words
    кто? (who?) что? (what?)
  4. 4Nominative case - Example with 'студент'
    Singular: студе́нт; Plural: студе́нты
  5. 5Genitive case - Main function
    Possession ('of') and quantity: кни́га студе́нта (the student's book)
  6. 6Genitive case - Russian name
    роди́тельный паде́ж (rodítelʹnyy padézh)
  7. 7Genitive case - Question words
    кого́? (of whom?) чего́? (of what?)
  8. 8Genitive case - Example with 'студент'
    Singular: студе́нта; Plural: студе́нтов
  9. 9Genitive case - Common preposition 'без'
    без (without): без студе́нта (without a student)
  10. 10Genitive case - Common preposition 'у'
    у (at/by/near): у студе́нта (by the student)
  11. 11Genitive case - Common preposition 'из'
    из (from): из университе́та (from the university)
  12. 12Genitive case - Common preposition 'от'
    от (from): от студе́нта (from the student)
  13. 13Dative case - Main function
    Indirect object ('to'): Я даю́ кни́гу студе́нту (I give the book to the student)
  14. 14Dative case - Russian name
    да́тельный паде́ж (dátelʹnyy padézh)
  15. 15Dative case - Question words
    кому́? (to whom?) чему́? (to what?)
  16. 16Dative case - Example with 'студент'
    Singular: студе́нту; Plural: студе́нтам
  17. 17Dative case - Common preposition 'к'
    к (toward): к студе́нту (toward the student)
  18. 18Dative case - Common preposition 'по'
    по (along/by): по у́лице (along the street)
  19. 19Dative case - Impersonal expressions
    Мне хо́лодно (I am cold - lit. 'to me is cold')
  20. 20Dative case - Age expressions
    Мне два́дцать лет (I am 20 years old - lit. 'to me is 20 years')
  21. 21Accusative case - Main function
    Direct object: Я ви́жу студе́нта (I see the student)
  22. 22Accusative case - Russian name
    вини́тельный паде́ж (vinítelʹnyy padézh)
  23. 23Accusative case - Question words
    кого́? (whom?) что? (what?)
  24. 24Accusative case - Animacy rule
    Animate nouns = Genitive form; Inanimate nouns = Nominative form
  25. 25Accusative case - Example with 'студент' (animate)
    Singular: студе́нта; Plural: студе́нтов
  26. 26Accusative case - Example with 'стол' (inanimate)
    Singular: стол; Plural: столы́
  27. 27Accusative case - Common preposition 'в' (motion)
    в (into): в шко́лу (to school - motion toward)
  28. 28Accusative case - Common preposition 'на' (motion)
    на (onto): на стол (onto the table - motion)
  29. 29Accusative case - Common preposition 'за'
    за (behind/after): за студе́нта (for the student)
  30. 30Accusative case - Common preposition 'под'
    под (under): под стол (under the table - motion)

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