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6. The Cases
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- 6.1. Agreement with Nouns in Gender, Number, and Case
- 6.2. Short vs. Full Forms of Adjectives
- 6.3. Comparative and Superlative Forms
- 6.4. Irregular Adjective Patters
The Dative (73)
- 6.1. Agreement with Nouns in Gender, Number, and Case
- 6.2. Short vs. Full Forms of Adjectives
- 6.3. Comparative and Superlative Forms
- 6.4. Irregular Adjective Patters
The Dative (73)
- With or with the preposition к generally denotes the person or object towards whom or which the action is directed and answers the questions кому́, к кому́ (to whom?), чему́, к чему́ (to what?)
- with a transitive verb denotes the object to which the action passes over and answers the questions кого́? (whom?), что? (what)
- when used with the preposition в (to) or на (to) and answers the question куда? (where to?) denotes the place towards which the action is directed
- may denote the instrument or means by which the action is performed and answers the question чем (with what?)
- may denote the person in conjunction with whom the action is performed and answers the question с кем? (with whom?)
- With the preposition о (about) it denotes the person or object spoken of and answers the questions о ком? (about whom?), о чём? (about what?)
- with the preposition в (in, at), на (on, at) it denotes the place of action and answers the question где? (where?)
- The prepositional with the ending -у (-ю)
- Some masculine nouns take the stressed ending -у (-ю) in the prepositional after the prepositions в (in, at), на (on, at) (when denoting place and, occasionally, time)
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