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Lesson 3:
Accusative - Part 3
The accusative case of adjectives
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Introduction to the Accusative case
When is the accusative case used?
Generally, we use the accusative case...
- to express the direct object: Я ви́жу мою́ кни́гу - I see my book.
- after some prepositions to show the place "someone goes to": Мы идём в кино́ - We are going to the cinema.
What will we learn in this lesson?
We are going to learn the accusative case of adjectives and pronouns.
Russian vocabulary
Read, listen and repeat the vocabulary of this lesson:
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вини́тельный паде́ж
accusative (Ac.)
журна́л
magazine
ждать
to wait
зоомагази́н
pet shop
слон
elephant
до́брый
good
злой
bad
у́мный
intelligent
мо́дный
fashion / fashionable
блин
pancake
пригласи́ть
to invite
обе́д
lunch
Dialogues in Russian
Read, listen and pay attention to the cases used
Extra help: highlihtged cases + tables
We have highlighted the words in accusative. You can also look up these grammar tables while you read the dialogues:
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Dialogue 1
Что ты де́лаешь?
What are you doing?
Я чита́ю интере́сный журна́л. А ты?
I'm reading an interesting magazine. And you?
А я смотрю́ но́вый фильм и ем большу́ю пи́ццу. Хо́чешь есть пи́ццу и смотре́ть фильм вме́сте?
I'm watching a new movie and eating a big pizza. Do you want to eat pizza and watch the movie together?
Коне́чно. Я люблю́ вку́сную пи́ццу. У меня́ есть хоро́шее пи́во, хо́чешь?
Of course. I love yummy pizza. I have good beer, do you want?
Коне́чно! Я люблю́ пить хоро́шее пи́во и смотре́ть интере́сный фильм.
Of course! I love drinking good beer and watching an interesting movie!
Уже́ иду́!
I'm coming!
Хорошо́! Я жду тебя́.
Good! I'm waiting for you.
Dialogue 2
Приве́т! Что ты здесь де́лаешь?
Hi! What are you doing here?
Я жду мою́ лу́чшую подру́гу. А ты?
I'm waiting for my best friend. And you?
А я жду моего́ ма́ленького сы́на. Мы идём в зоомагази́н. Он хо́чет большу́ю соба́ку.
I'm waiting for my little son. We're going to the pet shop. He wants a big dog.
Мо́жет, лу́чше купи́ть ма́ленькую ко́шку?
Maybe it's better to buy a small cat?
Мой сын предпочита́ет до́брую соба́ку, а не ма́ленькую и злу́ю ко́шку.
My son prefers a good dog, not a a small and bad cat.
Хорошо́, что он не предпочита́ет большо́го и у́много слона́!
Good, that he doesn't prefer a big and intelligent elephant.
Dialogue 3
Я не люблю́ твои́х но́вых друзе́й! Я ду́маю, что они́ не о́чень у́мные...
I don't love your new friends! I think that they aren't very intelligent...
Э́то не пра́вда. Ты ви́дела мои́х лу́чших подру́г? Они́ чита́ют интере́сные кни́ги.
That's not true. Did you see my best friends? They read interesting books.
Я ду́маю, что они́ чита́ют то́лько мо́дные журна́лы. Они́ зна́ют всех но́вых актёров и актри́с.
I think that they read only fashion magazines. They know all the new actors
and actresses.Да, мои́ подру́ги их зна́ют. Они́ лю́бят смотре́ть хоро́шие фи́льмы.
Yes, my friends know them. They love watching good movies.
А ещё твои́ подру́ги не лю́бят мои́ вку́сные блины́!
And also, your friends don't love my delicious pancakes!
Э́то не пра́вда. Все мои́ друзья́ лю́бят твои́ вку́сные блины́. Кста́ти, мо́жно пригласи́ть мои́х хоро́ших друзе́й на обе́д?
That's not true. All my friends love your delicious pancakes. By the way, is it possible to invite my friends to lunch?
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Russian grammar
Read the following grammar summary. We will learn the cases from this lesson.
The accusative Case: Adjetives
In this lesson's dialogues we have seen examples of Nominative (Nom.) and Accusative (Acc.) Case in adjectives. The adjective agrees with the noun. That is why we have to see if the noun is inanimate or animate.
Adjective + inanimate noun in singular
- Accusative masculine = Nominative masculine
- Accusative neuter = Nominative neuter
- Feminine: its endings are unique to the Accusative
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.
Masculine: no endings because Nom. = Acc.
- Э́то мой но́вый стол (Nom.).
This is my new table. - Я ви́жу мой но́вый стол (Acc.)
I see my new table.
Feminine: -ую -юю
- Э́то моя́ интере́сная кни́га (Nom.).
This my interesting book. - Я ви́жу мою́ интере́сную кни́гу (Acc.).
I see my interesting book.
Neuter: no endings because Nom. = Acc.
- Э́то моё большо́е окно́ (Nom).
This is my big window. - Я ви́жу моё большо́е окно́ (Acc.).
I see my big window.
Adjective + inanimate noun in plural
- Accusative = Nominative (for all genders)
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.
Masculine: no endings because Nom. = Acc.
- Э́то мои́ но́вые столы́ (Nom.).
These are my new tables. - Я ви́жу мои́ но́вые столы́ (Acc.).
I see my new tables.
Feminine: no endings because Nom. = Acc.
- Э́то мои́ интере́сные кни́ги (Nom.).
These are my interesting books. - Я ви́жу мои́ интере́сные кни́ги (Acc.).
I see my interesting books.
Neuter: no endings because Nom. = Acc.
- Э́то мои́ больши́е о́кна (Nom).
These are my big windows. - Я ви́жу мои́ больши́е о́кна (Acc.).
I see my big windows.
Adjective + animate noun in singular.
- Accusative masculine = Genitive masculine
- Feminine: its endings are unique to the accusative
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.
Masculine: -ого -его
- Э́то мой до́брый брат (Nom.).
This is my kind brother. - Я ви́жу моего́ до́брого бра́та (Acc.)
I see my kind brother.
Feminine: -ую -юю
- Э́то моя́ ма́ленькая соба́ка (Nom).
This is my small dog. - Я ви́жу мою́ ма́ленькую соба́ку (Acc.).
I see my small dogs.
Neuter
- There are very few animate neuter nouns. That is why we are not mentioning their rules in this course.
Adjective + animate noun in plural.
- Accusative = Genitive (for all genders)
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.
Masculine: -их -ых
- Э́то мои́ до́брые бра́тья (Nom).
These are my kind brothers. - Я ви́жу мои́х до́брых бра́тьев (Acc.).
I see my kind brothers.
Feminine: -их -ых
- Э́то мои́ ма́ленькие соба́ки (Nom).
These are my small dogs. - Я ви́жу мои́х ма́леньких соба́к (Acc.).
I see my small dogs.
Neuter
- There are very few animate neuter nouns. That is why we are not mentioning their rules in this course.
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