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    grammar structure

    Nominative

    Понимаю

    Dative

    Понятно мне

    I know they both mean the same thing but is there any difference in usage? Does it matter which one is used? or does structure just give it a more elegant sound?

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    I can't get what the first expression means. I even tried www.translit.ru but it didn't help.
    According to what you said, you meant:
    ya ponimaju
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
    I can't get what the first expression means. I even tried www.translit.ru but it didn't help.
    According to what you said, you meant:
    ya ponimaju

    yea no idea how i mixed up instrumental with a verb. yea i meant ponimayou

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    Re: grammar structure

    Quote Originally Posted by kalraevyn
    Nominative

    Понимаю

    Instrumental

    Понятно мене

    I know they both mean the same thing but is there any difference in usage? Does it matter which one is used? or does structure just give it a more elegant sound?

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    If you mean "я понимаю" и "мне понятно", then "я" is nominative, "мне" is dative.
    I see no difference in usage between them.

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    i guess its pretty much the diffrence between I understand, and It's clear (understandable).
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    мене is Ukrainian for меня
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
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    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    мене is Ukrainian for меня
    Aah, ok, I thought I was the only one that didn't get that part... I thought it a typo for "мне"
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    Quote Originally Posted by fantom605
    Quote Originally Posted by TATY
    мене is Ukrainian for меня
    Aah, ok, I thought I was the only one that didn't get that part... I thought it a typo for "мне"
    -Fantom
    Oh it is a typo! I was just saying it happened to be Menya in Ukrainian (and Old Church Slavonic). Becuase Mene is the accusative/genetive and therefore doesn't fit anyway.
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    спасиба

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalraevyn
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