Eek, according to my grammar book which uses this word in its declension tables it is чудовище in accusative singular (like the nominative) but чудовищ in accusative plural (like the genitive). So it...
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Eek, according to my grammar book which uses this word in its declension tables it is чудовище in accusative singular (like the nominative) but чудовищ in accusative plural (like the genitive). So it...
A strange statement.[/quote]
Actually it's not strange. Take the sentence Вот идёт Максим, которого вы уже знаете. In this sentence, the personal name is in nominative case, but in the subordinate...
The rule is this: if the noun is in accusative case and it is male or neuter and animated, then it uses the genitive ending.
Вот идёт Максим, которого вы уже знаете.
Maxim is a male person, so...
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