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Usage of Cases

In Russian, it is the case of a noun that shows what role the noun plays in a sentence. The table below shows how the noun Алексей (a male name) changes by cases.

First, you may see how important case endings are to show the role of a noun. Note, that the contrasting English equivalents have the name Alexei unchanged.

Second, it should be mentioned that the word order does not affect the meaning of a sentence significantly. For example, the sentence Анна ждёт Алексея has the same meaning as Алексея ждёт Анна as long as you use the accusative of Алексей.

• The Cases of Russian Nouns

• Noun Gender and Number

• The Declension of Singular Nouns

• The Instrumental

• The Accusative

• The Dative

• The Genitive

• The Nominative

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