How to distinguish the genitive case from the vinitive

Building the right speech is impossible without knowing the rules for the use of words in the desired case. Discover the accusative case from the pet fairly easy, if you know the basic rules.

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Purpose of case

Russian defines the genitive case as:

• an affiliation of an animated or inanimate subject to someone, something: a doctor bathrobe or cunning fur;
• the ratio of the part and the whole: page of the book, spoonful of honey;
• playing a feature of the subject regarding another subject: the result of the study;
• comparison of items: faster Lans, brighter stars;
• the noun, which is the object of influence on it of the denying verb: Does not drink juice, does not eat cheese;
• the object of influence, with the verbs present, desire, intention: ran away from home;
• noun, which is the object of date or account: liter of juice.

The accusative case is intended for designation:

• nouns depending on the adverb: It's a shame for mom, worry about the assessment;
• transition to an object or object: watch album, flipping pages;
• projection of spatial or temporal relations between objects: to study half a year, go for a month.

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Signs of case

The main sign of the definition of the case is the end of the word. So, for example, words in the parental case end on:

• and, s - in 1 decline.
• a, I - in 2 declination;
• and - in 3 decline.
• y, yu - the 1st decline;
• a, Oh, I, E - the 2nd declination;
• In the third decline of the vinitive case, the end is missing.

The most common difficulties occur when determining the case of an animated noun. In this case, make the right choice will help the issue assigned to the name noun:

• pAGIENT - who? what? whose? whose?
• accusable - who? what?

Prepositions to the words:

• from, for, from, without, s, y, about, up to - a genitive case;
• for, pro, in, in, on, through - accusative case.

It must be remembered that in Russian there are nouns, the case of which is difficult to determine, as they are not inclined: coffee, cinema, etc.). In this case, only the question is correctly supplied.