How to learn Russian cases (and grammar)

In this video, you will learn how to teach yourself to Russian cases and Russian grammar. I will tell in simple words the learning mechanism and provide tips on learning Russian cases and grammar more effectively.

[@berezker]

That bicycle analogy was amazing And like you said, "language is a skill", so treat it like trying to learn how to ride a bicycle Nobody reads a book about how a bicycle works to learn it, you just need to practice again and again and again until you know how to ride it without falling Thank you very much for this video

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@rachelegenovese9611]

You are THE MAN ,I’m studying Russian at university and I found myself left behind cause I couldn’t understand how cases work and what are their purposes,and honestly this is the only video I found that explains that rather than just listing the cases and pretending I can memorize them all. Thank you so much

[@olegpetrov2617]

To understand is not enough. The main thing is to use them correctly using endings. I'm afraid it's impossible over all conversation. But there are good news as well, cases don't change common meaning of sentence just it sounds incorrectly. Something like "they doesn't .." or " he has done it yesterday". It was about nouns. As for pronouns just to memorize their case endings by heart. It's important.

[@EddieHazel87]

You are a great teacher and it is easy to understand your lessons.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you!

[@aryanverman324]

hlo

[@zeegh5867]

This is what I would call a teacher. Thank you very much.

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[@yashveersingh7849]

this is one of the best lesson i have ever watched on you tube,,, thanks alot,,,, really help me

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@jla7blue]

I just found this channel. You are excellent at turning the seemingly impossible into hopeful possibilities. Thank you so much. This is the best I've seen so far.

[@fcvgarcia]

I love your classes. You have the gift of explaining with clarity and ease. Thanks!

[@lilyrose4191]

Thank you Denis. Your explanations are very clear and informative. I love your videos. You have a knack of cutting through to the key of learning. May you be Blessed always. 🙏

[@Adelle4045]

Thank you Denis! You are a blessing

[@BraxtonWise_1]

I'm sorry it took me this long to find your channel. Thank you for putting your time and effort into making these videos.

[@DenisFedorov]

Welcome!

[@ruslang68]

Спасибо, Денис! Я покажу это видео своим РКИ студентам. Они очень боятся падежей, прямо таки нервничают. А Вы хорошо и логично объясняете, даже мне самой легче стало :)

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться!

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[@fndTenorio]

Great work man, i'm happy i've found your channel. You так хорошо speak English!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks man!

[@believeinpeace]

You are wonderful. I have been searching for someone that could explain cases and you are that someone. Thank you so very much!

[@mightyraccoon7155]

This has been the best video I’ve seen on Russian Grammar

[@trevino37]

Excellent video..you did an outstanding job in explaining your topic....

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@patriciadirickx7248]

congrats Denis, you are unique in your field. The only reason why I remain hopeful about learning Russian is your way of explaining things...... you understand the art of putting yourself in our shoes and see things through our eyes. I 'll never forget the way you explained how to pronounce this dreaded ы sound......I struggled with it for years until you showed the placement of the tongue simply by using the movement of your finger : THE eye-opener of the year! This video is likewise of great beauty in its simplicity. Cannot thank you enough

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for your comment! It's good to know that I was (am) of such help to you.

[@caseymcgrath4258]

The drawings of the soccer player kicking the ball made it very easy to understand this concept. An excellent idea from a very good teacher!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@vishyramakrishnan6510]

You have summed the cases up nicely. Thank you very much!

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@dmp7252]

Finally! A video that makes sense. This is the best video on cases. Thank you, Denis. What book would you recommend for practicing cases?

[@IeuroI]

the bicycle analogy was absolutely fantastic.

[@rafaelalbooceanfrontrealty1315]

So far I only watched this lesson and already found out this is the best teaching for the Russian Cases I have seen so far. I will watch your videos and follow through with you. Thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome

[@martinmoore8216]

I'm so glad I've found you. I appreciate your approach. Thank you. M

[@DenisFedorov]

I am also glad you've found me))

[@parveenkumar-gb3ej]

Sir, I read your reply today.How happy I was to read it beyond words as it has more holding power than earth's gravitational force. You are so mesmerising. Each of your videos teaches me a lot about Russian. Now I can utter a good many words and sentences. Millions of thanks Sir.

[@DenisFedorov]

Wow, thanks)) It's pleasant to know that I am of such a help to you)

[@hughjarse797]

you make everything clear and understandable and you seem to answer all the questions I have spinning around in my head. many thanks.

[@DenisFedorov]

You are welcome!

[@grahamstewart87]

Great video. I like to have an overview of everything I have to learn. This has provided that for the Russian language.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you

[@ki777iz]

Best and most explicit video on the subject I have watched so far!

[@DenisFedorov]

Wow, thanks!

[@hakunamatataznz5508]

Your more than a teacher,amazing one you go deeper thank you sooooo much❤❤❤❤

[@user-ou4sv2dl2r]

Отличное объяснение 👍. СПАСИБО !

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться!

[@MrSnake-mp8jq]

Спасибо! This was a really good lesson! You explained it very well too. Good job.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@stuartbrent5431]

You are a very good teacher, you keep repeating yourself which is perfect so it sticks in mind

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@pitchayakornkhumsuwan7138]

I'm glad that I found your excellent channel. Now, I know that where I should start to learn Russian because in a video you explain very clearly. Thanks a lot

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome

[@bendoyle6737]

Man this is great! Your an amazing teacher! Спасибо! я люблю смотреть ваши видео!, иметь хороший

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@louisronan5903]

Too many people are pretentious about this topic as though they never struggled with it. Nice to finally have a concise explanation from someone.

[@sekoubarumpelstiltskin7048]

After understanding theories, I going to practice. This method is the best.

[@brightm1179]

This is very effecient and condensed video, I like it! Great teacher!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@gezma12]

This is great, my vocabulary is getting a lot better but i find the cases the hardest part for me to learn. This video is helping. большое спасибо!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome. Yes, cases require a lot of practice. But their learning is absolutely doable.

[@danielsahagun4367]

Dear Teacher: Thanks a lot for this wonderful video that help’s me a lot in my learning of this beautiful and difficult language

[@Utaira]

a very lucid introduction to cases!

[@antonelazuliani6133]

I really loved Your video. You cleared up my mind.Thanks fromArgentina.

[@Burgermonster]

Excellent lesson 👍

[@dlvassallo]

Cases have been my nemesis for years and the only reason why I always give up on Russian, although I always find myself going back, even though I travel to Moscow twice a year! I just signed up for the newsletter and will consider the Skype lessons.

[@davidosorio922]

thank you. i have been looking for a simple lesson on cases, this is it. i live in venezuela but i love the russian language

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome. Glad that my video helped you.

[@knittingnirvana]

Thank you for the excellent video!

[@deborahkeesee7412]

To me it's always been easier to place similar cases together, the most common being nominative/accusative, genitive, dative, etc since this makes it easier to learn, especially when nominative and accusative endings are identical, as they tend to be in Latin, German and Russian. What obsessive grammarian thought it was a bad idea in the first place remains a mystery to me!

[@beatrizbanho.defloresta1581]

Вы помогли мне! Спасибо большое из Бразилии!

[@DenisFedorov]

Не за что! Привет из России!

[@sofiamsol]

Your videos are great. Thank you for the Russian grammar formula. I want to memorise all at once but I realise that I wasn’t realistic

[@fantasyflyergames1180]

Thank you for this, Denis. Your videos are very helpful!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@fantasyflyergames1180]

Denis Fedorov I have a question, why is the ending different for more than one thing in example домов and девочки. They are both more than one, so why is the end different?

[@DenisFedorov]

There is a variety of endings in Russian + the same word can have different endings depending on a lot of things (gender, form, case, tense).

[@AmirTabar]

The Best of the Best explanation of Russian cases!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks. But the best explanation is about to come in a couple of weeks)

[@AmirTabar]

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[@DenisFedorov]

You can find it on my site

[@kuttukichu]

Мне нравится, как вы учите просто. я новичок в русском. спасибо денис Федорович.

[@CS-hy6es]

I understand...which is why I started to watch the OTHER videos too...

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Denis Fedorov, this is a very useful presentation. Thank you.

[@DenisFedorov]

I'm glad that you like it.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

@@DenisFedorov Today , i watch again. This is very useful.

[@Borisbenzman]

Nice job, keep going!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks! Yes, I need to keep going...

[@annamelyakova1615]

Отличное видео и объяснение, спасибо!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@lutchbizin6420]

Yes, learning the declension of nouns is the hardest part in Russian. Besides, there are lots of exceptions. Take for example the genitive case of plural nouns! Another very intriguing aspect is the stress on nouns as there are many different stress patterns. Polish, for instance, also has a very complex noun declension. However, the stress in the noun ending is always the same. So Poles will speak Russian stressing the same syllables all the time. The result is that they sound very wrong and even unintelligent, although they decline Russian nouns well...So stress plays a very important role in Russian, but teachers don't teach it on a regular basis.

[@vilaspatil9694]

Russian is wonderful language to learn liked very much

[@zeegh5867]

Amazing skills, the bicycle example was very helpful and motivational. Awsome

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad you liked it!

[@rameshgajjar1711]

Nicely Explained lesson.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad you liked it

[@WyattTheGreatX97]

I have been studying Russian for 2 years and still only have a loose grip on the cases but this helped a lot.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome. Mastering cases take quite a lot of practice.

[@PeterSodhi]

You are so awesome thank you.

[@rahultirkey7950]

Nice explanation, keep continue you are a great teacher

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks

[@truthseeker803]

you are much better than others who confuse me by writing on white boards and joke a lot. I like the professional way you teach.. tanks man

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@truthseeker803]

@@DenisFedorov I have a question please. I'learning German now and one of the difficult thing I face with German, is that some verbs and nouns do have multible meanings and sometimes the meaning of the verb changes when they add reflexive '''sich'' to the sentence. Does Russian most verbs in Russian have multible meanings? or does the verb meaning change with different cases? Thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

Broadly speaking, yes.

[@pawlistupawlist]

Thks you are a good teacher!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you!

[@homaghezel3272]

I appreciate your work.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad to hear that

[@aselkurmanbekova219]

Отлично , ломала голову как объяснить иностранцу падежи и наткнулась на ваш канал :). Четко объясняете , без хождения вокруг да около , желаю удачи 👍🏻.

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@soweli3033]

thank you sensei

[@briannab4750]

thank you so so much! really cleared everything up!

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it helped!

[@abdulrahimwardak4418]

hi ! this is Rahim from Afghanistan dear my lovely teacher i am busy teaching English for many years and i try to use your nice and outstanding method for my student be happy and long life

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks! Happy to know that I am of some help to you)

[@abdulrahimwardak4418]

спасибо мой брат

[@sethchacon1349]

Thank you. That was very herpful.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome)

[@ThorIsBoss]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome.

[@rahulsisodia7393]

Absolutely great.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@wenyibo]

it was veery encouraging

[@phabiano11]

Я вас поздравляю! Очень хороший урок!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@tanukamajumder9618]

your lessons are great, thanks for providing the pdf it is very helpful.

[@DenisFedorov]

You are welcome!

[@harpalsinghsangwan6326]

Wonderful. Teacher . keep it up .

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you, I will

[@erkaschannel1801]

what a great teacher! i enjoyed it

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@soorajahlawat2103]

You are a great teacher

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@MayMay-ou3nk]

I just start to learn Russian language. This is helpful, thanks a lot!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@Ryan-yh5hk]

Hyper Kaoru You need to start learning English again, by the looks of it.

[@SalmanKhan-oh4hu]

Very nice method of teaching...... Specially in language 😊😅

[@flaze3]

Спасибо! Very helpful :-)

[@DenisFedorov]

Всегда пожалуйста)

[@alodiagracia3391]

great job, thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks

[@thatbenny809]

Очень спасибо, друг

[@DenisFedorov]

Пожалуйста)

[@CASOOJINNAKA]

you are really good, thanks a lot

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@harpalsinghsangwan6326]

Super superb class teacher .

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you! 😃

[@Daniel-qd6wh]

Great video!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@anaqueiroz652]

Hi, Denis, please explain why in the first and second sentence (image around 4 minutes) dealing with you use and not the usual n letter for I (sorry, I don't have Russian keyboard!)? Thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

Ana, "I have" is translated as "У меня есть." We use the Genitive case here.

[@anaqueiroz652]

@@DenisFedorov It's like a idiomatic expression?, I mean, there's no verb in the expression,right?

[@sokhibjonmukhammadjonov8790]

thank you bro. please don't stop.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome. I'll continue soon.

[@Khardo]

Very helpful💯💯👌.. Am finding it quite easy and interesting as I have learnt Ukrainian language and I can speak Ukrainian language using these cases appropriately also, you made it very easy🔥🔥.. I'll check more of your videos and learn more👌👌

[@DenisFedorov]

That's great!

[@vvv7220]

Хорошая подача материала!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@yin97825]

Hey there, great video! One question about the example you gave at 2:51 , why is 'table' dative instead of accusative, shouldn't 'each one of you' be in dative form? Thanks!

[@DenisFedorov]

Hi. In the Russian text, it is in the dative case. Probably, you've thought it is accusative when looked at the translation? As for the "each one of you," it's also dative) And the table is also dative.

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

please keep uploading video.. more on grammar.. :)

[@DenisFedorov]

Yeah, I will! Was very busy recently but soon will start creating more videos.

[@kfliden]

Great stuff!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@mohammadsulaimanrasooly2575]

Nice class

[@SupermanandKiaski]

Thank you!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@wingedwandererdonkey]

Denis good that you explain the truth thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

Welcome!

[@mohamedtharwatov]

very good teacher

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad you think so!

[@ErickFGx]

This is very useful thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome

[@amessad]

You are really good my friend.... at least for a Greek native speaker....

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks)

[@Nomadsdoc]

Денис здравствуйте I am from India and I am studying in Ukraine and the city speaks russian, I am learning Russian too but I can't speak it nicely but your channel is awesome I can understand it very nicely

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it))

[@mikhailalexandrovichrimsky5501]

Privet денис! Спасибо, мой друг!

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться

[@yototrash]

I can u derstand when to use cases because I am from Serbia and we also have cases and we learned them in school by remembering questions for every case. Ex.: Nominative-Who? What? Genitive-From Whom? From What? Dative-To Whom? To What? Acusative-Whom? What? Instrumental-With whom? With what? Propositional-About whom? About what? On what? And we have 7th (actualy 5th) case called Vocative-hey! (When you are calling for someone, something)