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Чёрт, all this time I thought animate meant something physical - something that can be touched.

Originally Posted by kwatts59

Чёрт, all this time I thought animate meant something physical - something that can be touched.

It is tangible or palpable.

tan·gi·ble adj.

Discernible by the touch; palpable:
Possible to touch.

from dictionary.com

I found a neutral animate word.
How does this sound?

я купил новое русского животное.
I bought a new Russian animal.

купил новое русское животное.

Очень богат животный мир Урала. Здесь насчитывается до 16 000 видов животных. Одних комаров, например, 15.5 тысяч видов...

[quote=Pravit][quote=Kamion]Now that I think about it, neutral words can

[quote=Kamion]
And kwatts59, you have to be consistent about the endings of the adjectives. In your examples you

Originally Posted by kwatts59

I messed up because the Dictionary Tree says the Accusative Neutral form of русский is русского.
Can you give me an example where you would use русского as Accusative Neutral?

You would do that whenever the noun that follows is animate. Like I said earlier these words are very rare, but if you would use one of them then you would have to put "русского" as accusative neutral.

Originally Posted by Pravit

I'm thinking of a four-letter word that begins with "d" and ends in "ya"...

What is the accusative of that one, anyway? I can't find it anywhere - not in my dictionaries, not on the web... ! Or is it the same as the genitive? Or have I just fried my brains staying up too late ??

Lingvo says it just so happens to be the same as the nominative.

Эээ....спасибо...почти сутки как не сплю...да и сон вообщем - ну, его переценивают ... . Привычка плохая, это правда.

[quote=kwatts59][quote=Kamion]
And kwatts59, you have to be consistent about the endings of the adjectives. In your examples you

Originally Posted by TATY

No, -ого and -его are only used for the Genitive (and Acussative animates of masculine/neuter nouns).

русское is the Nominative and Accusative inanimate form for Neuter nouns.

You are saying русского is for Accusative Animate of Neuter nouns.
животное is Accusative Animate Neuter
Therefore we should use русского in the following sentence. Right?
я купил русское животное

Originally Posted by TATY

Also, you really should have known what animate meant.
animation
animal
inanimate object

Я должен был действительно выпит.

Originally Posted by kwatts59

Я должен был действительно выпит.

Выпит был коньяк, а вы были навеселе.

Должно быть, я был нетрезв.