Distinguish cases: nominative, accusative and prepositional in Russian
How it works
In Russian, the nominative, accusative and prepositional cases are used to express the function of a noun in the sentence. The nominative (e.g. ‹стол›) usually denotes the subject. The accusative (e.g. ‹стол› for inanimate masculine nouns, ‹книгу› for feminine words) usually indicates the direct object. The prepositional (e.g. ‹о столе›, ‹в книге›) is used after certain prepositions such as ‹о› as well as in place expressions with ‹в› and ‹на›, and often expresses a place or a topic of conversation. Endings change depending on case, gender and number. Example: Nominative: ‹город›, Accusative: ‹город›, Prepositional: ‹о городе›, ‹в городе›.
The nominative stands for the subject, the accusative for the direct object, the prepositional after ‹о› for topics as well as after ‹в› and ‹на› in place expressions in the sense of where?. The ending of a noun changes depending on the case.
An example
Choose the correct form in the prepositional: ‹Я думаю ___ .› Complete with ‹о + город›.
Try it yourself now
50 Exercises
To the learning unit →Own explanation and own practice exercises by AmyMath. Subject reference framework: Russian. The topic assignment may vary by federal state.