Russian/Grammar/Accusative case
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[edit] Nouns
Accusative case masculine, neuter, and plural nouns follow the same pattern. For inanimate objects, accusative case is the same as nominative case. For animate objects, accusative case is the same as genitive case. (There are no neuter animate objects.)
Accusative case feminine nouns change their а or я ending to у or ю, respectively. E.g., "car" is машина (pronounced "masheena") in nominative case, and машину (pronounced "masheenoo") is accusative case.
For example, picture a mother with a little boy named Бобчик (Bobchik). We would say Мама любит Бобчика ("Mama loves Bobchik," genitive case) and Бобчик любит маму ("Bobchik loves Mama," accusative case).
[edit] Adjectives
Adjectives modifying accusative case masculine and neuter nouns are the same as nominative case (or genitive case for animate objects).
Adjectives modifying accusative case feminine nouns end in ую, e.g., новую (new, "nov-oo-you").
[edit] Personal Pronouns
[edit] Possessive pronouns
Masculine, neuter, and plural accusative case possessive pronouns are the same as nominative case. Only the feminine case changes.
| English | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
| Whose? | чей ("chay") | чью ("chyou") | чьё ("chyo") | чьи ("chee") |
| My | мой ("moy") | мою ("moyou") | моё ("moyo") | мои ("moee") |
| Your (informal) | твой ("tvoy") | твою ("tvoyou") | твоё ("tvoyo") | твои ("tvoee") |
| His | его ("yehvo") | его ("yehvo") | его ("yehvo") | его ("yehvo") |
| Her | её ("yeh-yo") | её ("yeh-yo") | её ("yeh-yo") | её ("yeh-yo") |
| Our | наш ("nash") | нашу ("nashoo") | наше ("nashyeh") | наши ("nashee") |
| Your (formal or plural) | ваш ("vash") | вашу ("vashoo") | ваше ("vashyeh") | ваши ("vashee") |
| Their | их ("eehch") | их ("eehch") | их ("eehch") | их ("eehch") |
"His," "her," and "their" (его, её, ех) are the same in all genders and cases.
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