"To Get" in russian and a quick question about animacy

So, i know that if you would like someone to physically grab something for you, you can say "Дай(те) + мне + (noun (i think in dative case) )

But, how can in general you say " you can get it" "get the ball"

So for example (Please translate for me): "Please, get me the ball"
"You can get the ball yourself"
"Go get it!"
"He/she/it gets the ball"
"They are getting the ball"
"We are getting the ball"

Now for the second part of my question: If masculine animate nouns take the genitive ending in the accusative, are all animals that have a masculine ending animate? And are all animals, masc or fem considered animate, but the feminine in the accusative just looks the same as the nominative?

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What do you mean by "Get me the ball"? Where's the context?

Is it like: "Hey guys, imma show you a new game but I need a ball for it, someone get me a ball" get=fetch?
Or is it like: "Dude why did you kick the ball so hard that it flew to the neighbour's garden. Now go get the ball."

Right- Yeah i mean more like your first example "to get" in the sense of " to retrieve/ to give "

I just figured that russians had a shorthand word for "to fetch/retrieve/give an object" like english speakers do with "to get"

get (fetch, find) = достать, найти, принести, притащить
get (take out) = достать, вынуть, вытащить

Would you mind using Достать in a sentence? One meaning ( to fetch ) and the other (to take out), I'm just trying to get a concrete idea in my mind, thanks!

Although i have heard "Найти" before: e.g) "Мы нужно найти его!"

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Would you mind using Достать in a sentence?

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It sounds perfect in both of the meanings. I suspect it works quite the same way as "get" does.
Well, still, other options are posiible depending on the context or working subtle differences.

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Originally Posted by Gottimhimmel

Now for the second part of my question: If masculine animate nouns take the genitive ending in the accusative, are all animals that have a masculine ending animate? And are all animals, masc or fem considered animate, but the feminine in the accusative just looks the same as the nominative?

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I'll answer the second part :)

1. All animals are considered animate regardless of there ending.

2. The feminine accusative never looks the same as the nominative since the feminine accusative has its own special ending:
река (river) - реку - inanimate;
сестра (sister) - сестру - animate (person);
собака (dog) - собаку - animate (animal).

The only exception are the feminine nouns which end in -ь:
ночь (night) - ночь - inanimate;
дочь (daughter) - дочь - animate (person);
мышь (mouse) - мышь - animate (animal).

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Originally Posted by Gottimhimmel

"Дай(те) + мне + (noun (i think in dative case) )

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And no, the noun is in accusative. It's "мне" which is in dative.

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But, how can in general you say " you can get it" "get the ball"

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Here we use intonation. :crazy:
"А сам что, не можешь взять? Рук что ли нет?"

See also funny verb "раздобыть".

The famous example:
- Папа, переключи пожалуйста телевизор на детский канал, там мультики!
- Возьми пульт и переключи сам.
- Пап, ну подай мне его!
- Встань и возьми!
- Пап, ну у меня же ножек нет...
- Нет ножек, нет мультиков!!!