Thread: Ждать

I have translated ждать so many times and each time it seems as if the object I translate is always in the wrong case.

I have always thought that ждать was followed by the genitive case, but frequently I have seen the accusative also.

How does one when to use either case?

Please help me with this; this is very essential to the language!!!

Thanks for you help!
Спасибо за вашу помощь!

It takes the accusative or genitive.

I think genetive is not used with proper names, for example Я жду Лены or Я жду Васи would sound unusual to me, I'm not sure but I think it even refers to all animated nouns. I don't know if there's a strict rule about it though.

I always hear like Я жду ответ. I dont think thats a proper name now is it?

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

I always hear like Я жду ответ. I dont think thats a proper name now is it?

Sure it is not. That's why both cases are more or less equal here. Though my personal preference would be "жду ответа".