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Accusative Singular
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3.04 · Learn + reference
Accusative Singular
Direct objects, destinations, feminine -ую/-юю, and masculine animacy
Direct objects, destinations, feminine -ую/-юю, and masculine animacy
Before you start
- Prerequisites
- Module 3.03
- Estimated time
- 45 minutes
- Lesson steps
- 10
Deliberately not taught here
- Boundary: Masculine animate accusative copies genitive singular adjective forms. Their formation is previewed here and systematised in 3.05.
Small steps
What you will learn
- What selects accusative singular Accusative marks many direct objects and endpoints after prepositions such as в and на.
- Feminine -ую and -юю Feminine accusative singular has a distinctive long-adjective ending.
- Neuter accusative equals nominative Neuter long adjectives do not change form between nominative and accusative singular.
- Masculine inanimate equals nominative An inanimate masculine direct object keeps the nominative adjective form.
- Masculine animate copies genitive Animate masculine direct objects use -ого/-его forms in the adjective.
- Grammatical animacy at the edges Animacy is a lexical-grammatical classification, not a live/non-live test applied from scratch.
- Direct-object verb frames A verb's government and meaning establish the object relation before agreement is formed.
- Destination with в and на Accusative presents a place as the endpoint or target of directed movement.
- Subject, object, and word order Russian word order is flexible, so endings and animacy help identify syntactic roles.
- Accusative singular assessment Choose accusative, then apply gender and masculine animacy to the entire phrase.
Mastery
Ready means you can...
- form accusative singular adjectives across all genders
- apply masculine animate versus inanimate agreement
- build complete direct-object and destination phrases
- distinguish syntactic case from identical surface forms