Russian prepositions
Russian Days of the Week with the Preposition по
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Did you know that days of the week are used with the preposition по+Dative case in the meaning of regularity? For example, По понедельникам, по вторникам, по средам, по четвергам, по пятницам,...
Russian Prepositions в and на, из and c
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Did you know that if a noun is used with the preposition в in the Accusative or Prepositions case, it will be used with the preposition из in the Genitive...
Meanings of the Russian Preposition через
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Did you know that the Russian preposition через has both spatial and temporal meanings? Its main spatial meaning is "through" or "across", the temporal one is "in, within". For example, Мы прошли...
The Difference Between от and из (с)
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Did you know that we use the preposition от when the meaning is "from whom (person or place where this person is)" and the prepositions из and с when the meaning...
Preposition через Used in the Future and in the Past
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Did you know that the preposition через can be used in the future and in the past. When it is used in the future tense, it means "in", and in the...
The Prepositions спустя and через
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Did you know that the prepositions через and спустя are synonyms when used in the past tense? They can also be followed by the additional preposition после and the Genitive case. They...
Accusative Case with the Preposition о (обо)
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Did you know that the preposition о is also used with the Accusative case? The most common verbs used with this preposition and the Accusative case are: ударяться-удариться головой об стол...
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Did you know that we have 3 Russian prepositions than mean "near something" and "by" - рядом с + Instrumental case, около + Genitive case and у + Genitive case....
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...
До того как, в то время как, and после того как, vs до, во время, and после.
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Do you know how to use Russian conjunctions до того как, в то время как, and после того как? They mean “before something happened”, “in the meantime (as something is...
Difference between the prepositions за, от, с
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What is the difference between за and от and с...
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Do you know that the Russian preposition за has several meanings? it expresses an aim after verbs of movement: Я иду за хлебом. I am on my way to buy...
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...
The verbs ‘отвечать – ответить’ and prepositions
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The verbs ‘отвечать’ and ‘ответить’ are among the first to be learned by every student. Nevertheless it’s good to remember that their meaning may differ depending on the following preposition. Отвечать...
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...
