How do RUSSIAN CASES work with NUMBERS? - Understanding Cases #3

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[@zhopka77]

I always think of the genitive case by adding "of" to most sentences with it, and putting mental emphasis on the number, not on the object the number is describing. Thinking this way is odd at first from an English-speaker's perspective, but once you get used to it, genitive singular and plural will become super natural and intuitive. Here's how I think: Я купил один телефон - I bought ONE *telephone (nominative s.)* Я купил три телефона - I bought A THREE *of telephone (genitive s.)* Я купил шесть телефонов - I bought A SIX *of telephones* (notice that *telephones* only changes to plural with the *genitive p.* case) Imagine it like playing cards; you don't say you've got "five hearts", you say you've got "a five of hearts". That's exactly how the genitive plural case would look in English. I hope that helps, and isn't even more confusing 😅

[@A1lexander]

Ого, очень интересная теория на самом деле. Я думаю ты прав, для англоговорящих это выглядит именно так 🤔

[@casper14301]

Yep, this is the logic I'm following as well. 😃

[@laurendillon627]

I studied Russian in college and even did a summer intensive language/grammar program at МГУ. Every teacher I had told us “yeah, you are never going to get the hang of numbers, dates, or time. Just accept that.” This video was super helpful and I’m looking forward to brushing up on my Russian😊

[@teodorojaranilla5008]

how kind of you to help people learn Russian. ! i wish i learned it LONG AGO,,since people say it is a difficult or complex language . thank you for sharing

[@ticallionz]

Not sure if it's true but I heard that the reason for the genitive singular for 2-4 is a remnant of the dual number from Proto-Slavic. Modern Russian just has singular and plural but the older language also had a separate dual number with its own forms for 2 things.

[@curumu_yt]

Possible because Polish does similar thing with their number But why 2-4 and not just 2 (for dual), I have 0 idea

[@ticallionz]

@@curumu_yt yes you'd think it would just be for 2

[@miljanaboskovic5987]

You're right. In Serbian language, there is also a remnant of the former dual. This comes from the Proto-Slavic language. It is related to the so-called "small numbers" from 2 to 4 and numbers that combine with them.

[@curumu_yt]

This rule has always confused the hell out of me. Thank you for explaining it so clearly

[@philipmulville8218]

Hi Fedor, that was a very clear explanation. You’re a great communicator, and I love your enthusiasm. Many thanks.

[@braukorpshomebrew6039]

Thank you so much for doing this series. And thank you for covering numbers - I struggle with numbers a lot

[@xqueenbee8214]

I’ve been WAITING for this video! I’ve watched the first two! Tysm Fedor :))

[@lumikki04]

Thank you Fidor for your dedication for this🙏 I love your videos and I appreciate in everything you do! Gonna join Befluent camp as well 😊 Love from Finland🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@jaycorwin1625]

I remember this from Russian classes in college (decades ago), but I had never seen the instrumental form of the number 2. That surprised me because it seems that it should have been taught during the three years of study, but it wasn't. So thank you for that. It is a really beautiful language, and I like reviewing it and learning new things.

[@nil_at]

You are never wasting our time, Fedor! But, please also explain that (and how) the endings for feminin (and neuter) words are different than from masculine. For genitive singular it's +а/я for masculine and neuter and +ы/и for feminin. And for plural it's +ов and for feminin I'm not even sure... maybe +ой? Thank youuuu

[@cmmndrblu]

I think of it as: a table, a pair of tables, lots of tables

[@DM-wv6to]

Thank you, you explain it very clearly.

[@kamilla1960]

Thank you Fedor!

[@YourKittyMike]

It's rly hard to speak Russian (⁠*⁠・⁠～⁠・⁠*⁠) Везёт что я с детства говорю на нем.

[@A1lexander]

Ахаха, такая же история. Я понимаю какой русский сложный со стороны, и это меня пугает 😂 Но одновременно с этим я люблю его и горжусь им 😁

[@TheBeast-LPTV]

Lucky bastard

[@YourKittyMike]

@@TheBeast-LPTV hehe, i know

[@keylapfandner7295]

Great explanation. Trank you.

[@mwanatz5980]

Thank you 😊

[@daniilproduction3434]

The funniest thing is that we natives even have no idea about this while speaking😅

[@mattthompson6281]

Originally it was the feminine that had две звезде for groups 2-4 Then Russian kept the две 2-4 but then changed the ending tзвезды два телефона Две мачке/Две кошки две камере/две камеры I love how the Slavic languages didn’t change that much. We can still read texts from 1000 years ago. That’s always that’s fascinated me

[@averroesaverroesaverroesav2756]

Great🎉

[@Werkschatz]

plurals in EN often sound like z at the end - in American EN anyway ... tables [z] ... thank you for the RU lesson

[@galenwhite8765]

So in the case of "У меня нет" + number + object, would the case always be genitive? For example: "У меня нет два бананов"

[@TheAngryArchaeologist]

If I wanted to write “5 carrots” would I put морковь in the mas gen pl by just dropping ь ?

[@elginrees6142]

Do last names end in ov because of the plural genitive case?

[@zavulon422]

Don't know about cases and all these grammar rules, but here's some explanation: -ов - son of his father, Кузнецов - son of smith -ин - son of his mother, Малкин - son of Malka -их - worker of his master, Толстых - worker of Tolstoy

[@nickrapler]

hi can you make a disvord server?

[@Brassmonger]

How it's for number 12 23. 11 ?

[@jelle2819]

Fedor is talking about digit but instead he should say the ending word. Because 11, 12,13 and 14, 111 etc are the exception. They use genative singular

[@ZONE-KING-64-ew9uv]

У меня четыре подушки . У моей комнат(и?) Три двери. У меня много нож(ов?).

[@Brassmonger]

I think it's the hardest thing after the verbs.

[@deleted3258]

2:32 This is the accusative case

[@mytiamos]

У меня есть два кота.

[@iamamanda88]

Does it work with the feminine or neutral

[@fuffuf4326]

same rules, except indeclinable nouns, like -(пальто, пианино, кофе, такси, меню, кенгуру, радио etc.) - these don't change at all..

[@iamamanda88]

@@fuffuf4326 спасибо большое

[@aurinko7280]

In feminine 2 means not два but две. All the other rules stay the same. I bought 2 books. - Я купил две книги. Here книги is singular genetive. A little confusing, because книги also is the plural nominative of книга. I bought books. - Я купил книги.

[@instakingpuskar4507]

🇮🇳❤️🇷🇺

[@Fawful81080]

Прямо сейчас у меня есть четыре носка в моей руке... ¿👍? :'3

[@b.w.9244]

Now do it with feminine and neutral direct objects.

[@hashcosmos2181]

Yeah now let's talk about what happens when you throw adjectives into that kind of sentences

[@aurinko7280]

In singular the adjective is in nominative singular : Я купил один новый телефон. In all other cases the adjective is in genitive plural : Я купил два новых телефона. Я купил пять новых телефонов.

[@user-qi5vf2ws8t]

You are Russian teaching machine.

[@respectfulcritique3684]

у меня есть толко один телефон. но я хочу куить 4 телефона для моих братев.

[@ptr257]

yet another obvious rule for polish native speakers :D jeden pieróg 🥟 trzy pierogi 🥟🥟🥟 pięć pierogów 🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟

[@erickaflores9828]

Первая 🐒

[@Russiexpress]

This is so helpful,I just hope you add arbic subtitles so I can ander stand everything 🙏🤍