Lack of declension (падежи) in Russian
I've read somewhere that some Russians, especially teenagers, do not always use declension in their oral informal conversation. Can anyone from Russia confirm this for me? I find this very interesting. Do these people not use any type of declension or do they only use declension for pronouns? How often is this done in Russian?

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Lack of declension (падежи) in Russian
I've read somewhere that some Russians, especially teenagers, do not always use declension in their oral informal conversation. Can anyone from Russia confirm this for me? I find this very interesting. Do these people not use any type of declension or do they only use declension for pronouns? How often is this done in Russian?

Thanks

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Russian language can not be used without  declension.  There is a teenage slang in Russia, but it uses the same rules. Changes only the words, meanings of words. Sorry for my English:))

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You know, it'll imposible to understand each other without using declensions. When I studied at school we used such structures on English lessons for paroding of English grammar and never more.

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I'm afraid the source of your information lead you astray. I mean declension is an integral part of the Russian language. Neglecting it is like say not using linking or auxiliary verbs in English. In that case it would be a language "resembling" English. The same with Rusian.

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Would sound like Cookie Monster from Sesame Street talking:) Teenagers use all kind of slang, but omitting declentions somehow doesn't seem possible in Russia, otherwise the links between words in sentences woud be lost.

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Let's say English verbs are used without '-s' in 3d person singular in the Present Simple tense...can you think of a British person speaking like this? Same about a Russian not using declensions while speaking. It is very unlikely, simply impossible (unless you want  to mock or parody)

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