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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    I think, too. Thanks.


    Hmm, that is so obvious for Russians, that we tend to not notice such things.
    The case is called "Dative" by foregners, which thrashes its real meaning.
    It's ДАТЕЛЬНЫЙ...
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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    This is from the same story like:
    "Я люблю - Мне нравится" (I like),
    "Я хочу - Мне хочется" (I want),
    "Я думаю - Мне думается" (I think).

    Except there's no direct form for "мне кажется" (I...
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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    Thank you for corrections and explanations. They work very well for my learning.


    За это спасибо огромное еще раз.


    Throbert, I didn't mean this. I meant exactly "Gimme some those books",...
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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    3. I never understand him
    Я никогда не понимаю его.
    You can say either "I don't understand - what", or "I don't understand - whom". The "whom-version" is not too difficult because the понимаю...
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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    2. Give me those books.
    Дай мне (вон) те книги.

    The "дай - what"- version needs either accusative, or genitive case, depending on if you can say the "some" word in your language. Here you won't...
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    Re: Back to the Basics: Accusative and Dative

    1. Look at him.
    Посмотри на него.
    The "посмотреть" verb needs a reference with a number of prepositions available for use with it.
    You used the "посмотреть" in the meaning of the "to look" verb. I...
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