Prepositional case in Russian

To describe what a person is wearing, the prepositional or accusative case is used?

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Hi. When I describe what a person is wearing, the prepositional or accusative case is used. It is very confusing....

Endings of the Prepositional case in Russian

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Dear Russian learners! Did you know that Prepositional case is quite tricky and it can have both the -у (-ю) ending and the -е ending, depending on its meaning? These are...

Russian Prepositional and Accusative case with the Preposition "O"

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Did you know that we can use the preposition o with the Prepositional and also with the Accusative case? In the Prepositional case, as you probably already know, it is...

How to Say "To Play a Game" "To Play a Musical Instrument" in Russian

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Did you know that we use two different cases to say "to play a game" and "to play  a musical instrument"?  In the first case, we use the Accusative case...

Russian Prepositional Case with the Preposition при

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Did you know that the Prepositional case is also used with the preposition при? This preposition has 3 main meanings: "on one's person", "in the time of"and "during an action".For...

Accusative and Prepositional Case with Time Expressions

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Did you know that we use the Prepositional case with some time expressions, and the Accusative case with the others? It has to be memorized. The words used with the Prepositional...

Prepositional Case in Russian

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If you want to learn Russian or already learning it, you should know that there are six cases in the Russian language. Prepositional by a lot of the Russian teachers...

Russian pronouns with a preposition "обо"

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Did you know that with Russian pronouns in Prepositional case that start with мн- and вс- we use the preposition обо, not о? For example, Вы говорите обо мне? Are you talking...

When a preposition ‘в’ turns into ‘во’

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Why do we say ‘в понедельник’, ‘в среду’, ‘в четверг’ and then ‘во вторник’? Why is it ‘во Франции’ and ‘во время’? This is the case when there is an...

Difference between ‘на автобусе’ and ‘в автобусе’

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Depending on the context, we can use either the preposition 'В' or the preposition 'НА' with any means of transport. Once you learn the exact meaning of each, you stop...

Difference between "Дома" and "В доме"

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The expressions "дома" and "в доме" may seem synonymous, but they are not. See for yourself. Дома: This expression signifies the general idea of being at home or spending time at home....