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The Cases of Russian Nouns In Russian language the nouns change their forms and get different endings. These forms (and their endings) are called cases. The case of a noun shows what role a noun plays in the sentence. Look at an example of how the word поезд changes depending on the case:
There are six cases in Russian: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional. 1. The nominative answers the questions "who?" or "what?". It is an initial form. All dictionaries give nouns in the nominative.
2. The genitive is used to show that something (somebody) belongs or refers to something (somebody). It can be translated by "of" in English.
3. The dative designates that something is given or addressed to the person (object).
4. The accusative designates the object of an action.
5. The instrumental is used to denote an instrument that helps to make something.
6. The prepositional is used to designate a place, or a person (object) that is an object of speech and thought. This case is always used with a preposition.
Very often the case of a noun is connected with a preposition which stands before it. The nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals may have different case forms in the sentence. Thus, to understand Russian speech and speak Russian correctly, it is necessary to learn how to use cases in Russian. You will learn more about cases in further lessons.
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