A direct object is direct because it doesn't require a preposition (I read a book). An indirect object needs a preposition (I'm looking for a book). Another way of looking at it: to "get" to an indirect object, you have to go through a preposition first. I hope this helps. Great video!

Thank you so much for this!!! Finally i understand why cases, you are a great teacher. I'm a Brazilian trying to learn Russian

That was very clear! I didn't realize that the case changes for EACH noun in the sentence depending on it's function. I still have SO much to learn, but now I have much more direction! Thank you, Fedor!! Your videos make me want to learn more Russian!

GREAT MAN FEDOR!

This is an amazing lesson Fedor. It must be hard to find ways to explain these complicated things to us, thanks for your hard work!

Here are my answers. I will also try to explain my reasoning, so this comment might be a bit long, sorry about that. 1) MOM - Nom (She is the subject), SOUP - Acc (Direct action of making the soup), SALT - Inst (Salt is the tool being used to make soup) 2) I - Nom (I am the subject), CAKE - Acc (Direct action of buying the cake), YOU - Dat (I bought the cake to GIVE TO you) 3) PLATE - Nom (Plate is the subject), TABLE - Dat (The action is being done to the table by the plate) 4) I - Nom (Subject), BERRY - Acc (Direct action of taking berry), TREE - Gen (The origin of the berry is the tree) 5) I - Nom (Subject), LESSON - Acc (Direct action of the completion of the lesson) Thank you so much, this is the probably the best explanation of cases I have seen. Can you please continue to do few more practice fridays for cases? Slowly giving us more advanced examples and exercises so that we can get a better understanding and practice of cases over time. Maybe 6 practice fridays for 6 cases?

this helped so much. I am 15 and trying to learn Russian because I think is beautiful language. This really clicked in my brain and made something make sense. I had no idea how to apply the cases but again, it helped a lot. Спасибо!

1. Mom = nominative, soup = accusative, salt = instrumental 2. I = nominative, cake = accusative, you = dative 3. plate = nominative, table = propositional 4. I = nominative, berry = accusative, tree = genitive 5. I = nominative, lesson = accusative

Hi Feodor! I am from Brazil, i begun studing russian by my self last year, before going to Russian. This year i begun an official course here in Rio. Thanks for your channel, is very helpful ! So, here's my exercise : Mom(N) / soup (Ac)/ salt (Inst) I (N) / cake (Ac) / you (Dat) Plate (N) / table (Prep) I (N) / berry (Ac) / tree (Gen) I (N) / lesson (Ac)

Mom (Nominative) made a soup (Accusative) with salt (Instrumental) I (N) bought a cake for you (для тебя Genitive) A plate (N) is lying on the table (Prepositional) I (N) took a berry (A) from a tree (из plus Genitive) I (N) completed this lesson (A) Fedor, I'm not sure about some of the cases, hope they're right. Thank you for such an awesome and useful job!!

this makes so much sense! I did not get that from the lessons, I have been doing, in the notes. I thought the entire sentence had to be a case, but did not understand how or why. I now see that the case is applies individually to each word that it applies to.

спасибо большое Федор!! очень хорошее видео. Привет из Испании)

Thanks guy! You explain very well!

Thankyou soo much. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the cases but this helps alot

I love this lessons. thank you very much

Thanks so much this is helpful to me, you are teaching very good, so thanks once again to you

Привет Фёдор! Great idea for a video - here's my attempt: 1. Mom - N, soup - A, salt - I 2. I - N, cake - A, you - G 3. plate - N, table - D 4. I - N, berry - A, tree - G 5. I - N, lesson - A Спасибо! Джаймс.

1. Mom =N, soup= A salt= I 2.I = N, cake=A for you = D 3. plate =N , table = Prep 4. I = N , berry = A, from a tree = Genitive 5. I = N, lesson= A. Спасибо.

Hi Fedor, your way of explaining is very clear, thanks a lot! I checked all the comments and I don't see any of them corrected :( could you please show the answers? This is my attempt: 1. Mom - Nominative | Soup - Accusative | Salt - Instrumental 2. I - Nominative | Cake - Accusative | You - Dative 3. A plate - Nominative | Table - Accusative 4. I - Nominative | Berry - Accusative | Tree - Genitive 5. I - Nominative | Lesson - Accusative

Hello, nice to meet you :)))

I'm still little bit confused between dative and propositional cases. If you could explain it here in details or make another video, that'd be great. Thanks

Wouldn't "dog" in the third example be genitive because it's *his* dog (implying origin)?

1. I - N soup -A salt -I 2. I - N cake - A you- G 3. plate -N laying -D table -A 4. I -N berry - A tree -G 5. I- N completed -N lesson -N

1. mom -nominative soup - accusative with salt - instrumental, 2. I - nominative cake - accusative for you - genitive 3. A plate - nominative, on the table - prepositional 4. i - nominative, berry - accusative, from a tree- genitive 5 i- nominative, this lesson - accusative

11:55 Fedor, couldn't 'on the wall' also be dative? because you're moving it to or on the wall?

Fedor, thank you so much for this video. I had given up trying and was going to wait until Russian 101 to start learning this subject. This is like a taking a huge jump forward in understanding Russian! I have to work this weekend, but can't wait until Monday to watch it again and do the exercise.

1) Mom- N, soup-A, salt-I 2) I-N, cake-A, you-D 3)Plate-N, table-P 4) I-N, berry-A, tree-G 5)I-N, lesson-A I was confused with a plate lying on the table. Not Dative? What is an example of dative where noun 'x' is on noun 'y' in the Dative?

I(subject) am sitting in a room(Preposition), but have to go to school(Accusativ) later.

Mom (N) made a soup (A) with salt (I). I (N) bought a cake (A) for you (G). A plate (N) is lying on the table (P). I (N) took a berry (A) from a tree (G). I (S) completed this lesson (A). Russian bonus sentence: Вчера я (N) был на даче (P) моего отца (G) и я готовил моей девушке (D) блины (A) с мясом (I).* *Tried to use all cases in one sentence ;)

Did he finally do the video in Russian too?

1. Mum- N. soup - A. salt - I. 2. I - N. cake - A. you - G 3. plate - N/A?. table - D 4. I - N. berry - A. tree - G 5.I - N. lesson - A

My russian teacher told me that between(между) always gets Instrumental but I dont really understand because its not "with"

N A I Mom made a soup with salt. N A D I bought a cake for you. N P A plate is laying on a table. N A G I took a berry from a tree. N A I completed this lesson.

....N A I 1. Mom made soup with salt N A D 2. I bought a cake for you N A 3. A plate is laying on a table N A A 4. I took a berry from a tree N A 5. I completed this lesson Is it wrong that I feel a bit more comfortable doing this in Russian than in English? Whenever I think of cases, especially in Russian, I automatically think "different endings" but when it comes to English because words don't necessarily undergo ending or stem changes, it's slightly offsetting because you have to think of a different way to identify what role a word plays in the sentence whereas, in Russian, one can simply look at the ending of a noun and tell how that word fits in the sentence. In this sense, I can now understand why English is difficult to learn because words don't undergo changes, it's a lot more difficult to tell if the word "me" in a sentence is used as "Me and my friend" or "Give it to me" Whereas, in Russian, there is a way to tell the difference, "Я и мои друзья" and "Дай мне". Disregard my little schpeel, I'm simply thinking out loud. But thank you, Fedor, for this lesson. It was very insightful and thorough! I always look forward to your new videos!

I'm not a comic fan or anything but just to nitpick, Superman gets his power from the sun. Kryptonite is his weakness.

My problem is just the endings in almost all the cases.

Mom(N) Soup(A) Salt(I) I(N) Cake(A) You(D) Plate(N) Table(P) I(N) Berry(A) Tree(G) I(N) Lesson(P)

1. Мома (Nominative) делает суп (Accusative) с солом (Instrumental). 2. Я (Nominative) купил торту (Dative?) деля тебя (Prepositional). 3. Пластина (Nominative) лежает на столе (Accusative). 4. Я (Nominative) беру ягоду (Accusative) из дереву (Genitive). 5. Я (Nominative) завершил этот урок (Accusative).

Mom (N) soup (A) salt (I) I (N) cake (A) you (G) plate (N) table (P) I (N) berry (A) tree (G) I (N) lesson (A)

Here's my attempt to practice the cases: Nominative: Это американские горки *мои* друзья боятся ездить. Gentive: *Моя* машина в сервисе. Accusative: Мои соседей ненавидят *меня*, чтобы устраивать вечеринки так поздно. Dative: Наташа написапа письмо мне. Preposition: Она не хочет на свидание с *мной*.

мама готовил суп с солью. N A I я купил торт тебе. N A D тарелка лежит на столе. N P я брал яблоко деревы. N A G я заканчивал этот урок. N A

This video is so old I doubt anybody will answer this. I was under the impression that when it came to cases the whole sentence had to be in the same case. It would appear that a complete sentence can be made up of several different cases.

Mom (N) made a soup (A) with salt (I) I (N) bought a cake (A) for you (G) A plate (N) is lying on a table (D) I (N) took a berry (A) from a tree (G) I (N) completed this lesson (A)

мать суп солом я тёрт тебя тарелка столе я ягоду деревa я урок