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- <title>18. In case you were wondering</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"><link rel="up" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter 7. Lesson 7"><link rel="prev" href="ch07s17.html" title="17. Listening Comprehension Exercise"><link rel="next" href="ch07s19.html" title="19. Personal Pronouns"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">18. In case you were wondering</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch07s17.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 7. Lesson 7</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s19.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e22548"></a>18. In case you were wondering</h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="d0e22551"></a>18.1. The Dative Case</h3></div></div></div><p>The dative case is used to indicate the <span class="bold"><strong>indirect object</strong></span> in the sentence. In English, the indirect object will often follow a preposition such as "to" (I wrote a letter to my brother) or "for" (I bought this book for my sister.) In Russian, no preposition is needed in these sentences.</p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Я написа́л письмо́ <span class="bold"><strong>бра́ту</strong></span>.</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Я купи́ла э́ту кни́гу <span class="bold"><strong>сестре́</strong></span>.</em></span></p><p>Other uses of the dative case in Russian include:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>telling your age:</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="50%" class="c1"><col width="50%" class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Мне</strong></span> пятьдеся́т лет.</em></span></td><td>I'm 50 years old.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Ей</strong></span> пятна́дцать лет.</em></span></td><td>She's 15 years old.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Ива́ну</strong></span> со́рок лет.</em></span></td><td>Ivan's 40 years old.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>describing how you feel:</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="50%" class="c1"><col width="50%" class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Мне</strong></span> хо́лодно.</em></span></td><td>I'm cold.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Ему́</strong></span> ску́чно.</em></span></td><td>He's bored.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Та́не</strong></span> интере́сно.</em></span></td><td>Tanya's interested.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>indicating that you like someone or something:</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="50%" class="c1"><col width="50%" class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Э́тот самова́р <span class="bold"><strong>мне </strong></span>нра́вится.</em></span></td><td>I like that samovar.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Нам</strong></span> нра́вится наш преподава́тель.</em></span></td><td>We like our teacher.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>Де́тям</strong></span> не нра́вится учи́тельница.</em></span></td><td>The kids don't like their teacher.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>with certain prepositions and verbs</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="50%" class="c1"><col width="50%" class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Я иду́ к <span class="bold"><strong>врачу</strong></span>́.</em></span></td><td>I'm going to the doctor.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Он идёт <span class="bold"><strong>по у́лице</strong></span>.</em></span></td><td>He's walking along the street.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы <span class="bold"><strong>мне</strong></span> меша́ете.</em></span></td><td>You're bothering me.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li></ol></div><p>The table below shows the forms of the Dative Case forms (D) for nouns and adjectives, and compares them to the Nominative (N), Accusative (A), Genitive (G) and Locative (L) forms.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup><col width="3%" class="c1"><col width="24%" class="c2"><col width="24%" class="c3"><col width="24%" class="c4"><col width="25%" class="c5"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">OH</em></span></p></td><td align="center"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНА́</em></span></p></td><td align="center"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНО́</em></span></p></td><td align="center"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНИ́</em></span></td></tr><tr><td><p>N</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вый студе́нт</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рый дом</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вая студе́нтка</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рая кварти́ра</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вое сло́во</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рое крес́ло</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вые студе́нты</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рые костю́мы</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вого студе́нта</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рый дом</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вую студе́нтку</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рую кварти́ру</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вое сло́во</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рое кре́сло</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вых студе́нтов</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рые костю́мы</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вого студе́нта</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рого до́ма</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вой студе́нтки</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рой кварти́ры</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вого сло́ва</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рого кре́сла</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вых студе́нтов</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рых костю́мов</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>L</p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о но́вом студе́нте</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в ста́ром до́ме</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о но́вой студе́нтке</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в ста́рой кварти́ре</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в но́вом сло́ве</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в ста́ром кре́сле</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в но́вых студе́нтах</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в ста́рых костю́мах</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вому студе́нту</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рому до́му</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вой студе́нтке</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рой кварти́ре</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вому сло́ву</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рому кре́слу</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но́вым студе́нтам</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ста́рым костю́мам</em></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch07s17.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch07.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s19.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td 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