Thread: Doubt about word endings corresponding to the case used

Hello!, I am confused about some sentences. These two sentences I'm going to show you, they doesn't use the respective endings according to the nouns genders (prepositional case):

- Он часто ездит в Лондон (If there is the "B" indicating the prepositional case, Why London doesn't have the adding ending "e" if he is a masculine noun?).

- Он едет в гостиницу на такси (Why there is changing the ending of the word "гостиницa" to "y" and not adding the "e"?? I assumed it's because the accusative case but, we are grammaticaly in a prepositional case because there's the noun after the preposition "B").


I took this sentences from a russian lessons web page

This is how Russian distinguishes between "in" and "into".

в+prep = in (location)
в+acc = into (direction, motion, destination)
на+prep = on
на+acc = onto

Unlike in English, this distinction is upheld at all times in Russian.

It also exists for pretty many propositions regarding location:

под+ instrumental = (located) under
под+ acc = (to) under


Similar to the preposition 'с', which can mean 'with' when affecting an instrumental noun, but means 'from' (in a locational sense, rather than recipient/receiver sense) when affecting a noun in the genitive.

Он поднялся с колен. - He rose from (his) knees.

Thank you very much!, doubt solved.

Do you know any grammar book that you could recommend me?

Originally Posted by Jonus

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Do you know any grammar book that you could recommend me?

You can try this one:
http://www.politicalavenue.com/10862...Blackwell).pdf

Originally Posted by Jonus

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Do you know any grammar book that you could recommend me?

(I understand this post is out-of-date, but anyway )

This short manual may be a good start: Pracrical Russian: My First Six Steps