Why is тысяча in accusative case here?

Hello,

1- In the following sentence why the number тысяча is in accusative case?

Он это говорил тысячу раз.

2- If it is 2 times then the sentence will be like:

Он это говорил два раза

or

Он это говорил две раза

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Originally Posted by sdr

Hello,

1- In the following sentence why the number тысяча is in accusative case?

Он это говорил тысячу раз.

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This construction is always in accusative regardless of the numeral. Dunno why.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by sdr

2- If it is 2 times then the sentence will be like:

Он это говорил два раза

or

Он это говорил две раза

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Два раза, because раз is masculine.

«Тысяча», as well as «сотня», «дюжина» (not very Russian), «пара» and, probably, some other quantity words, become a part of an adverb (= adverbial modifier of frequency in a sentence), and should be memorized as one adverb or as a SET EXPRESSION, e.g. тысячу раз, сотню раз, пару раз, дюжину раз. But only when this collocation equals to an adverb!