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    Are на береге and на берегу interchangeable?

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    Re: берег

    Quote Originally Posted by quartz
    Are на береге and на берегу interchangeable?
    No, only the latter is actually used in Russian.

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    Re: берег

    prepositional case isn't used with на for this word?
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    Re: берег

    Quote Originally Posted by quartz
    prepositional case isn't used with на for this word?
    На берегу (где?) is the prepositional case.
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    Re: берег

    In modern Russian, some words have two different forms of prepositional case, which is why some linguists insist that one of these forms (the u-form) is actually a different (locational) case.

    О береге - на берегу
    О лесе - в лесу

    The majority of the second declension nouns have only the e-form of the prepositional case. Use of those that have both the u-form and the e-form isn't quite consistent. With some of them, use of the u-form in the "locational" sense is the norm. With others, the e-form is preferred for all meanings, and the u-form is considered substandard.

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    Re: берег

    thank you for the explanation
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