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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="d0e21916"></a>18. In case you were wondering</h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="d0e21919"></a>18.1. The Dative Case</h3></div></div></div><p>The dative case is used to indicate the indirect object 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 написал письмо брату.</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Я купила эту книгу сестре.</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">Мне пятьдесят лет.</em></span></td><td>I'm 50 years old.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ей пятнадцать лет.</em></span></td><td>She's 15 years old.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ивану сорок 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">Мне холодно.</em></span></td><td>I'm cold.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ему скучно.</em></span></td><td>He's bored.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Тане интересно.</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">Этот самовар мне нравится.</em></span></td><td>I like that samovar.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Нам нравится наш преподаватель.</em></span></td><td>We like our teacher.</td></tr><tr><td><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Детям не нравится учительница.</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 иду к врачу.</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 по улице.</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 мне мешаете.</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">ОНА</em></span></p></td><td align="center"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНО</em></span></p></td><td align="center"><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ОНИ</em></span></td></tr><tr><td><p>N</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новый студент</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старый дом</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новая студентка</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старая квартира</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новое слово</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старое кресло</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новые студенты</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старые костюмы</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">нового студента</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старый дом</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новую студентку</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старую квартиру</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новое слово</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старое кресло</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новых студентов</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старые костюмы</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G</p></td><td><p>нового студента</p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старого дома</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новой студентки</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старой квартиры</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">нового слова</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старого кресла</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новых студентов</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старых костюмов</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 новом студенте</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в старом доме</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о новой студентке</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в старой квартире</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в новом слове</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в старом кресле</em></span></p></td><td align="left"><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в новых студентах</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">о/в старых костюмах</em></span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новому студенту</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старому дому</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новой студентке</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старой квартире</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новому слову</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старому креслу</em></span></p></td><td><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">новым студентам</em></span></p><p><span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">старым костюмам</em></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td 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