chapter 1 Flashcards
nominative case
used for naming - who or what
nouns and adjectives in dictionary are in this case
prepositional case
designate place or person that is an object of speech and thought
always used with a preposition
nominative:
subject of sentence
predicate complement equational sentence
Джон американец - JOHN is an American
equal to
Джон американец - John is AN AMERICAN
prepositional - “in”
use “В” followed by a prepositional noun
“I live in America”
Я живу в Америке
“Do you live in America?”
Вы живёте в Нью-Йорке?
Prepositional case after “в”
Add -е (drop -а, -я, -й)
BUT replace -ия, ие with -ин
DO NOT change foreign names ending in -о, -и, or -у
в Нью-Йорк
is
в Нью-Йорке
в Москва
is
в Москвe
в Джорджия
is
в Джорджии
в Индия
is
в Индии
prepositional NO change
Чикаго
Миссури
Баку
