Quote Originally Posted by Missionary View Post
Hello forum members,
Today I just have a short question. The word for food in Russian is "еда", so if I wanted to say "I want food", I thought you would say "Я хочу/предпочитаю еда", but Google translate gives me "Я хочу еду." So my question is, what sort of form of the word "еда" is "еду"? Thanks for reading.
Open the link and take a look at the Кого? Что? (Винительный падеж \ Accusativus; Доску\Папу):

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F...B4%D0%B5%D0%B6

6 grammatical cases, whick you have to learn.
Depending on which question may be asked, the form of the noun will change...

Я хочу (ЧТО? WHAT EXACTLY?) FOOD? Еду!
Я хочу (КОГО?) Машу? - because she is alive (person or animal), that`s why we use "Кто" ("кого") instead of "Что".

Take into account that you should accent the last letter. Я хочу едУ.
Otherwise, the phrase "Я Еду" would mean I`m driving.

P.S. And for novices I highly recommend just to remember simple expressions like: I`m hungry

Я ГОЛОДЕН \ Я ХОЧУ ЕСТЬ.