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Deimante
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Apr 5, 2022
Hi Alexandra, It was lovely meeting you today! Thank you for the enjoyable introduction lesson and I hope to work with you again in future. Have a nice day.
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    In Russian we use Genitive Case with authors in this situation - the same way we use it to show posessions. So, basically, it means: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby" (but note that in Russian you must conjugate both the name and the surname!). So, we say Моя любимая книга - "Рассказ служанки" Маргарет Этвуд (the author's name doesn't change as the author is a woman and some feminine foreign names don't change in Genitive). However, we say "Дом листьев" Марка Данилевского и "Великий Гэтсби" Скотта Фрэнсиса Фицджеральда as in these examples the authors are men an masculine nouns get the ending -a in Genitive. By the way, the surname Данилевский here is conjugated as a masculine adjective in Getitive, therefore: Данилевского.
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    February 6, 2017
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    Pronouns in Russian change in cases, so to use them correctly you also need to know which case to use: Nominative (1), Genitive (2), Dative (3), Accusative (4), Instrumental (5) or Prepositional (6): I = я (1), меня (2), мне (3), меня (4), мной (5), мне (6) You (singular, informal) = ты (1), тебя (2), тебе (3), тебе (4), тобой (5), тебе (6) He = он (1), (н)его (2), ему (3), его (4), (н)им (5), нём (6) She = она (1), неё (2), (н)ей (3), её (4), (н)ей (5), ней (6) We = мы (1), нас (2), нам (3), нас (4), нами (5), нас (6) You (plural or respectful/official) = вы (1), вас (2), вам (3), вас (4), вами (5), вас (6) They = они (1), (н)их (2), (н)им (3), их (4), (н)ими (5), них (6) So, basically each pronoun has about six different forms (in some cases they match). Learning when to use which case takes a long time, but the easy thing is that when a pronoun is a subject in a sentence it is always Nomitative (1). Compare: Я люблю тебя. [I love you] Я звоню тебе. [I call you] In both these sentences I (Я) is a subject so it doesn't change - it takes Nominative (1). However, YOU (ТЫ) is an object. In the first sentence we need to use Accusative (4) with the object, therefore ТЫ becomes ТЕБЯ, in the second sentence we need to put Dative (3), ТЫ changes to ТЕБЕ. Ты любишь меня. [You love me] Ты звонишь мне. [You call me] In these sentences, on the contrary, YOU (ТЫ) is a subject so it doesn't change - it takes Nominative (1). However, I (Я) is an object here. In the first sentence we need to use Accusative (4) with the object, therefore Я becomes МЕНЯ, in the second sentence we need to put Dative (3), so Я changes to МНЕ. So, apart from learning those prepositions it is also important ot know the situations (cases) when to use which one.
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    October 27, 2015
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    At the same time, there is a difference between Я нравлюсь, ты нравишься.... (described above) and Мне нравится, тебе нравится.... you asked about. 1) Я нравлюсь... means that somebody likes me, it is followed by a noun or pronoun in Dative case: Я нравлюсь этому мужчине (Literally: I'm liked by this man = this man likes me) Ты нравишься моему другу (Literally: You're liked by my friend = my friend likes you) 2) Мне нравится.... means I like, it is followed by a noun or a pronoun in Nominative case: Мне нравится эта музыка (I like this music) Тебе нравится новый учитель (You like a new teacher) In this situation you need to put pronouns in Dative case: я → мне мы → нам ты → тебе вы → вам он → ему они → им она → ей and then add нравится if the noun you like is singular or нравяться if it is plural: Мне Тебе Ему Ей } + нравится (книга, фильм) Нам нравятся (книги, фильмы) Вам Им
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    October 27, 2015
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    To conjugate "reflexive verbs" (ending on -ся) you: 1) take away -ся and look which group it is: нравиться = нравить + ся → нравИТЬ - 2nd group (like говорить, любить) одеваться = одевать +ся → одевАТЬ - 1st group (like делать, думать) 2) conjugate it according to the endings of this group, then add -ся for ты, он, она, оно мы and -сь for я, вы, они: Я говорЮ, люблЮ, нравлЮ+сь → нравлюсь Ты говорИШЬ, любИШЬ, нравИШЬ+ся → нравишься Он/она/оно говорИТ, любИТ, нравИт+ся → нравится Мы говорИМ, любИМ, нравИМ+ся → нравимся Вы говорИТЕ, любИТЕ, нравИТЕ+сь → нравитесь Они говорЯТ, любЯТ, нравЯТ+ся → нравятся Я делаЮ, думаЮ, одеваЮ+сь → одеваюсь Ты делаЕШЬ, думаЕШЬ, одеваЕШЬ+ся → одеваешься Он/она/оно делаЕТ, думаЕТ, одевЕТ+ся → одевается Мы делаЕМ, думаЕМ, одеваЕМ+ся → одеваемся Вы делаЕТЕ, думаЕТЕ, одеваЕТЕ+сь → одеваетесь Они делаЮТ, думаЮТ, одеваЮТ+ся → одеваются
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    October 27, 2015
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    1) Ты живёшь с кем-нибудь? = Ты с кем-нибудь живёшь? 2) Ты живёшь с кем-то? = Ты с кем-то живёшь? 3) Ты живешь кое с кем? = Ты кое с кем живёшь? КТО-НИБУДЬ и КТО-ТО mean almost the same even though there is a slight difference in meaning. With КТО-НИБУДЬ the person asking this question has no idea whether a person lives with somebody or not, and if yes, who he/she lives with. With КТО-ТО we assume that a person might live with someone but we don't know who with. With КОЕ-КТО we think we know who the person actually lives with but don't mention that person's name. After ЖИТЬ С (live with) we need to put an Instrumental case, so С КЕМ-НИБУДЬ, С КЕМ-ТО, КОЕ С КЕМ. In the first question we need to put an intonational stress on the word "живёшь": "Ты ЖИВЁШЬ с кем-нибудь?"/ "Ты с кем-нибудь ЖИВЁШЬ?" - and this will mean general question "Do you live with anybody?' (in general). When I ask such a question I have no idea whether the person lives alone or with someone else and I am ready for any answer. In the second question we also need to put an intonational stress on the word "живёшь": "Ты ЖИВЁШЬ с кем-то?"/ "Ты с кем-то ЖИВЁШЬ?". In this case I already imply that the 'you' live with someone, maybe I see some evidence or you living with somebody or it's just my hypothesis that I'm verifying it. At the same time, I have no idea who that other person is. Such questions can also have an intonation of a surprise.
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    October 14, 2015
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    The answer is ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? In Russian possessive pronouns change depending on the gender of a noun (masc., fem., neutr.) and in plurals : МОЙ дом, МОЯ машина, МОЁ письмо, МОИ дети ТВОЙ дом, ТВОЯ машина, ТВОЁ письмо, ТВОИ дети НАШ дом, НАША машина, НАШЕ письмо, НАШИ дети ВАШ дом, ВАША машина, ВАШЕ письмо, ВАШИ дети However, ЕГО, ЕЁ, ИХ don't change: ЕГО дом, ЕГО машина, ЕГО письмо, ЕГО дети. This is all only about Nominative case (in other cases the endings will be different). We usually use Nominative: 1) when our noun (together with its possessive pronoun) is a subject in a sentence: МОЯ КОШКА ЛЮБИТ МОЛОКО (My cat likes milk) *You can put МОЙ КОТ if it is a he-cat. 2) After the word ЭТО (This is/These are): ЭТО МОЯ КОШКА (This is my cat) ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? (Is this your cat?) 3) When we want to say that we have something - a construction У (меня, тебя, его её, нас, вас, их) ЕСТЬ....: У МЕНЯ ЕСТЬ КОШКА (I have a cat) So, because you asked how to say "Is that your cat" and you need to use ЭТО - you simply need to use an easy Nominative case here - luckily, not a Genitive at all :) That's why ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? is perfectly fine :)
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    October 14, 2015
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    Usage of Genitive case is much more complicated, there are a lot more situations when we need to use it, but that's a different story. The tricky thing is that the whole collection of the pronouns described above will also change in Genitive case (together with nouns) - as well as in other Russian cases. So, for example, твой дом (Nominative) becomes твоего дома (Genitive); твоя машина becomes твоей машины, твоё письмо - твоего письма, твои дети - твоих детей. But it's a completely sepatate topic :)
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    October 14, 2015
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    The answer is ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? In Russian possessive pronouns change depending on the gender of a noun (masc., fem., neutr.) and in plurals : МОЙ дом, МОЯ машина, МОЁ письмо, МОИ дети ТВОЙ дом, ТВОЯ машина, ТВОЁ письмо, ТВОИ дети НАШ дом, НАША машина, НАШЕ письмо, НАШИ дети ВАШ дом, ВАША машина, ВАШЕ письмо, ВАШИ дети However, ЕГО, ЕЁ, ИХ don't change: ЕГО дом, ЕГО машина, ЕГО письмо, ЕГО дети. This is all only about Nominative case (in other cases the endings will be different). We usually use Nominative: 1) when our noun (together with its possessive pronoun) is a subject in a sentence: МОЯ КОШКА ЛЮБИТ МОЛОКО (My cat likes milk) *You can put МОЙ КОТ if it is a he-cat. 2) After the word ЭТО (This is/These are): ЭТО МОЯ КОШКА (This is my cat) ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? (Is this your cat?) 3) When we want to say that we have something - a construction У (меня, тебя, его её, нас, вас, их) ЕСТЬ....: У МЕНЯ ЕСТЬ КОШКА (I have a cat) So, because you asked how to say "Is that your cat" and you need to use ЭТО - you simply need to use an easy Nominative case here - luckily, not a Genitive at all :) That's why ЭТО ТВОЯ КОШКА? is perfectly fine :)
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    October 14, 2015
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