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Russian Grammar 105 – Nominative Case

The nominative case is the dictionary form for Russian nouns. The nominative case is the one used as subject of a sentence.


Example:

Москва очень красивый город – Moscow is a very beautiful city.

In this sentence the word Moscow is the subject of the sentence and it is in nominative case.
Luckily, in nominative case you will have to remember a few rules to form a plural noun, because it’s the only time when its ending is going to change (check how to form endings of plural nouns in “plural nouns” lesson).

The usage of nominative case:

1. When you talk about a person or a thing performing an action or being in a state, it answers the question кто? что? – Who? What?

Example:

Девочка бежит в школу – The girl is running to school
Магазин открыт – The shop is open

2. To define a person or thing or refer them to a certain group of people or things.

Example:

Катя студентка – Katia is a student
Яблоко – это фрукт – apple is a fruit
Лондон – это столица Великобритании – London is the capital of Great Britain

3. To indicate a person or a thing towards the action is directed.

Example:

Суп был приготовлен мамой – soup was cooked by Mom
Собака не помыта – the dog is not washed.

EXERCISE: 105 Nominative case | NEXT: 106 Accusative case

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Grammar
101 Personal Pronouns
102 Gender
103 Plural
104 Cases
105 Nominative Case
106 Accusative Case
107 Genitive Case
108 Dative Case
109 Instrumental Case
110 Prepositional Case
   
Exercises
101 Personal Pronouns
102 Gender
103 Plural
104 Cases
105 Nominative Case
106 Accusative Case
107 Genitive Case
108 Dative Case
109 Instrumental Case
110 Prepositional Case
Vocabulary
101 Numbers
102 Family
103 Greetings
104 Food and Drinks
105 Time of the Day
106 House
107 City
108 Questions
109 Home Content
110 Jobs
Listening practice
101 Personal Pronouns
102 Gender of nouns
103 Plural
104 Cases
105 Nominative Case
106 Accusative Case
107 Genitive Case
108 Dative Case
109 Instrumental Case
110 Prepositional Case
Dialogues
101 At the Doctor
102 At the Restaurant
103 Hotel
104 Shopping
105 Looking for a Place
106 Taxi
107 At the Cafè
108 Telephone
109 Tourism Office
110 Train Station

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