Nominative case

Question 1

True or false: prepositions are never used in the nominative case

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is here?

Answer 2

Вот что?

Question 3

What are the 3 instances in which the nominative case is used?

Answer 3

1) To speak about the person or the thing performing an action or being in a state (ex: ребёнок спит)
2) To define the person or thing or refer them to a certain group of people or things (ex: Иван - студент.)
3) To designate the person or thing on which the action is directed in a passive voice (ex: Дом построен специалистам- The house is built by specialists). The object takes the nominative case and the subject doing the action takes the instrumental case.

Question 4

flower

Answer 4

цветок

Question 5

capital (city)

Answer 5

столи́ца