How can I memorize Russian cases?

Memorize eight Times More in five Easy Steps!

1. Analyze a typical table of endings for a certain case and outline any patterns.
2. Write a list of the most common situations when the case is used.
3. Find nouns that illustrate the patterns you found in step 1.
4. Make a sentence with these nouns.
5. Use this sentence as an analogy.

What are the 7 Russian cases?

There are six cases in Russian: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.

• The nominative case answers the questions “who?” or “what?”.
• The genitive case is used to show that something (somebody) belongs or refers to something (somebody).

What are the 6 cases in Russian?

Nominal declension involves six cases – nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional – in two numbers (singular and plural), and absolutely obeying grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, and neuter).

How do you explain Russian cases?

The nominative case shows the subject, or the doer of the action or the predicate. The genitive case shows possession, and it is also often used in a negation. The dative case marks the indirect object, or the receiver of the action. The accusative case shows the direct object, or the object of the action.

Why do you have to learn cases in Russian?

I don’t speak “grammar-ese”. Learning cases is such a different beast from learning other Russian vocab and phrases, partly because you have to learn a whole subset of English terms first! I cringe at overly technical wording, and learning cases means dealing with lots of it.

How to learn the accusative case in Russian?

“To form the accusative case, simply learn this long list of word endings. If a words ends in X, Y, or Z, change the ending to W. If a words ends in X, Y, or Z, change the ending to W. Now remember this long list of exceptions.

Which is the best way to practice Russian?

If you want to practice your Russian, here you can find exercise books, with key and grammar tables. Read the following grammar summary. We will learn the cases from this lesson. In this lesson’s dialogues we have seen examples of Nominative (Nom.) and Accusative (Acc.) Case in inanimate nouns (that is, names of non-living objects).

How are Russian cases different from English cases?

In English, we depend on word order to give sentences logic, but Russian cases make it possible to put words anywhere in a sentence and have it still make sense. What are the Russian cases? If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device. Videos you watch may be added to the TV’s watch history and influence TV recommendations.

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