Thread: A few misc. questions

Originally Posted by Ryan91

Originally Posted by TATY

Я занимался 2 часа.
You don't like that sentence, because заниматься doesn't govern a noun in the instrumental?

Yes, exactly. I know it's 100% grammatically correct, but I'm not fond of phrasing things like that myself. I'm odd; don't worry about it. :P

But you often have to phrase stuff like that.

1. какой слог ударный?
гнать из дому — дoму или домy?

2. Что эти значит?
i. Его назнaчили судьёй. They made him a judge?
ii. Его выбрали в начальники. They elected him as head.

Originally Posted by tohca

1. какой слог ударный?
гнать из дому — дoму или домy?

2. Что эти значит?
i. Его назнaчили судьёй. They made him a judge?
ii. Его выбрали в начальники. They elected him as head.

из дому (the stress is on the preposition)
or из дому

He has been appointed (a?) judge
He has been elected as head/chief

Originally Posted by Indra

Originally Posted by tohca

1. какой слог ударный?
гнать из дому — дoму или домy?

2. Что эти значит?
i. Его назнaчили судьёй. They made him a judge?
ii. Его выбрали в начальники. They elected him as head.

из дому (the stress is on the preposition)
or из дому

He has been appointed (a?) judge
He has been elected as head/chief

Большое спасибо, Indra.

1. Давaй сядем на скамeйку / скамeйке -- lets sit on the bench. скамeйкa in ac or pc?

2. Наши друзья побывали в музее. Our friends visited the museum.
Shouldn't музей be in accusative?

Originally Posted by tohca

1. Давaй сядем на скамeйку / скамeйке -- lets sit on the bench. скамeйкa in ac or pc?

Both are correct. "На скамeйку" (acc.) is better here.

Originally Posted by tohca

2. Наши друзья побывали в музее. Our friends visited the museum.
Shouldn't музей be in accusative?

No. They were (where?) - in the museum.
If you say "Они посетили музей" (lit. "they visited the museum") - yes, in this case it's accusative.

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by tohca

2. Наши друзья побывали в музее. Our friends visited the museum.
Shouldn't музей be in accusative?

No. They were (where?) - in the museum.
If you say "Они посетили музей" (lit. "they visited the museum") - yes, in this case it's accusative.

Am a little confused. Both побывали и посетили also mean "to visit", thus indication there is sense of movement => accusative? Or is it посетили governs the a/c case whereas побывали does not?
Sorry for asking what must be a very straight forward to you. Thanks.

Originally Posted by tohca

Am a little confused. Both побывали и посетили also mean "to visit", thus indication there is sense of movement => accusative? Or is it посетили governs the a/c case whereas побывали does not?
Sorry for asking what must be a very straight forward to you. Thanks.

Don't say "sorry", it's absolutely ok.

Yes, the verb посетить governs the accusative case, because it's transitive.
But you can't use the verb побывать without a preposition (в, у, на, возле, etc.). The verb is intransitive.

So:
Мы посетили музей (sounds rather formal, by the way)
Мы побывали в музее (sounds quite common and natural).

Мы посетили - что? - музей.
Мы побывали - где? - в музее.

Спасибо. Теперь уже ясно.