Lesson 29 Flashcards
They + conjugation, overview of cases with grammatical names
They
они
They were at Disneyland.
Они были в Диснейленде.
They wanted pizza.
Они хотели пиццу.
They bought a car.
Они купили машину.
They said hi.
Они сказали Привет.
They gave me a present.
Они дали мне подарок.
They’ll have pizza.
Они будут пиццу.
They live in Oakland.
Они живут в Окленде.
They don’t know.
Они не знают.
I work in an office.
They work in an office
Я работаю в офисе.
Они работают в офисе.
Verb conjugation review with “to know”
I know
You know
You (formal)
He/she knows
We know
They know
Я знаю.
Ты знаешь
Вы знаете
Он/она знает
Мы знаем
Они знают.
Nominative case:
Whoever or whatever is doing the action in the sentence is considered to be in the nominative case.
Example 1 - John wants beer.
Джон хочет пиво.
Example 2 - Pizza is pleasing to me.
Мне нравится пицца.
Which part is in nominative case?
1- John - Джон - is doing the action, so his name is in the nominative form.
2- Pizza - пицца - is doing the action (pleasing me), so it is in the nominative form.
Accusative case:
When you do something to someone or to something, that thing goes into the accusative case. Therefore, it is essentially the inverse of the nominative case.
Example - I want pizza.
Я хочу пиццу.
What is in nominative, and what is in accusative?
The word Я is the one doing the action, so it’s in the nominative form. And we’re doing something to the pizza, which is why it’s in its accusative form: пиццу
Dative case:
The recipient of something (such as a gift, telephone call etc) is in the dative case.
Example - I gave the present to John.
Я дал подарок Джону.
What is in dative form?
John is receiving the gift, so his name is in the dative form - Джону (rather than nomanitive Джон)
Я in this case is doing the action and is therefore in nominative.
Prepositional case:
Used to represent the idea of being in a particular location. The actual location word goes into the prepositional case.
Example - I live in New York
Я живу в Нью Йорке.
What is in the prepositional case?
New York - because that is the location word. Changes to Нью Йорке (rather than Нью Йорк in nominative).