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Accusative Singular

Direct objects, goal-directed в/на, and the first systematic role for animacy

identify accusative singular direct objects and goal phrases form feminine -у/-ю and recognise unchanged neuter and inanimate masculine forms apply the masculine animate pattern without confusing case with biological life contrast subject, object, destination, and location in short sentences

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Before you start

Prerequisites
Complete Module 2.03 first
Estimated time
50 minutes
Lesson steps
10

Deliberately not taught here

  • Masculine animate forms are usable now; their formal identity with genitive singular is explained in 2.05. Accusative plural waits until genitive plural is known.
Small steps

What you will learn

  1. What selects the accusative singular The accusative commonly presents an entity as a direct object, a spatial goal, or a bounded time expression.
  2. Feminine -а and -я become -у and -ю This is the clearest distinct accusative singular ending family.
  3. Neuter accusative equals nominative Neuter singular nouns normally keep the nominative form in the accusative.
  4. Masculine inanimate accusative equals nominative A masculine inanimate singular direct object normally has no visible change.
  5. Masculine animate accusative copies genitive For masculine animate singular nouns, accusative has the same form as genitive singular: usually -а or -я.
  6. Animacy is grammatical, not simply biological Meaning predicts the core, but Russian classifies some representations and collectives in ways a biology test would miss.
  7. Verb government and direct objects Learn a verb together with the case pattern of its complements.
  8. Goal-directed в and на Use accusative when в or на introduces the endpoint or goal of directed motion.
  9. Time, duration, and accusative prepositions Accusative singular also appears in common temporal and prepositional frames.
  10. Accusative singular assessment First decide object, goal, or time; then apply gender, pattern, and animacy.
Mastery

Ready means you can...

  • identify accusative singular direct objects and goal phrases
  • form feminine -у/-ю and recognise unchanged neuter and inanimate masculine forms
  • apply the masculine animate pattern without confusing case with biological life
  • contrast subject, object, destination, and location in short sentences
Next module 2.05 Genitive Singular Absence, reference, source, possession, small quantities, and restricted partitive forms