Russian cases - #1 - The idea of a case

[@erkojerk]

Bravo! This is the first video I’ve found that really explains why cases are needed in Russian before trying to explain what they are and how they work. Thanks a lot!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're very welcome.

[@constantinechigowe2055]

The best explanation I ever had in russian language

[@bobagnew6030]

Denis, this is an excellent 'big picture' explanation of Russian cases. You have made it much clearer for me. Thank you very much.

[@DenisFedorov]

You are very welcome

[@danielsahagun4367]

Dear Teacher: Thanks a lot for your video-lessons, thanks for helping me to learn your Russian Language

[@bobtorsen9830]

This has to be one of the best videos on cases I've ever seen. Simple, informational, and clear.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Denis, your explanation of this concept and grammar is crystal clear. Thanks a lot.

[@DenisFedorov]

You are welcome!

[@omshubham1351]

the video was probably the best explanation on cases i ever saw!... The only reason that it does not has a 100k views yet is because of youtube's stupid algorythm !

[@silkybulldog2800]

Nobody explains it like you do thank you

[@billhart9743]

This is really good. Спасибо!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you too!

[@3SeveredHeads]

Excellent explanation! Thankyou 🤟🏼

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@357QueenBee]

When I started learning Russian I came across a comment that explained what preposition, article and possessive form words need to convey the message. I think it's easier than to figure out about direct object, indirect object etc. Unfortunately I don't remember the examples. In any case, I am looking forward to the series. You explain very well. Thank you.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks! As for the comment you came across somewhere, I can't say my opinion on this because I never read that comment))

[@mohammadgunadhirahmadi2157]

I was starting learning Russian for 4 month as prepared for taking master degree . My teacher (Native Speaker) cannot explain easier than you just запомнить . And Now I understand how to learn those case logically You can speak clearly and easier to understand how to used those cases. Thank you very much From Томске.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome! Brevity is the soul of wit. So, "remember" is also a good approach as it exempts from the need for some worthless explanations)

[@glendamcgee1779]

This is the first time I have been able to begin to digest the case concept - truly a masterful bit of teaching. Thank you.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome.

[@shadybaba5379]

Thanks. I use to just memorize a bunch of rules but I now understand the concept behind it.

[@vaguelyvagrant9694]

This is probably one of the best explanations of the purpose of cases that I've ever seen/heard and I think I understand cases pretty well.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks)

[@jorgemontenegro985]

Wow, wow, wow! You are amazing... I am currently in Moscow learning the Russian language and its being so hard to understand to my teachers however your videos had help me a lot!! I am so amazing. Thank you so much.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad to be of help!

[@pravinpansare6931]

So it's not as hard as I thought it would be. Thanks for simplifying.

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@mya7267]

your vids useful as usual thank you so so much

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@patriciadirickx7248]

Can 't wait for the next video Denis ! You were the only one who made clear how to twist the tongue for the ы- sound ( for which my infinite gratitude....) and now you're the first one to make this case-thing less daunting and more logical and understandable. Thank you ever so much! You rock! Grtz.... come back soon! Patricia

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks, Patricia. I'll do my best!

[@ahmedsalman3726]

You are a professional teacher bro. Keep the good work! I didn't understand cases until you explained them

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you, I will

[@ahmedsalman3726]

One request, please make your explanation with the printed alphabet not writing alphabet, because beginners aren't get used to it.

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

Hello Denis. My names Skyler and I have recently moved to Russia from the USA. I am of Russian descent but only by my great grandmother. I don't currently speak Russian very well but am studying the language and you've helped me tremendously. Thank you so much!

[@DenisFedorov]

Hello Skyler. You're welcome. I wish you best of luck and success in this endeavor. Welcome "back" to Russia!

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

@@DenisFedorov You're the best, Denis!

[@carpenoctem4428]

Fantastic. I have been trying to teach myself Russian for months now and this is the first video that took the time to explain /why/ cases are needed and how they work and what they are all in the one video. I finally understand better now; thank you Denis.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@olly6584]

This makes it so much easier to understand! Thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@milz7129]

Это Хорошо видео. Спасибо, Денис.

[@DenisFedorov]

Всегда пожалуйста!

[@namename8986]

хорошее* I think but I may be wrong

[@starm7md]

veeeeeeeeery helpfull i actually enjoyed watching you , you made me understand most of the things that i couldn't understand thank u really

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться

[@ranaislam8444]

You are really great sir. I was feared at the first time about cases in Russian bur after seeing your powerful video I am sure now I also can know about a foreign language like Russian.Thanks a ton.please help to learn Russian

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you for the kind words, it's my pleasure to be of help.

[@dewrimsirine]

Thanks

[@bellasanella8659]

Großartig erklärt. Vielen Dank!

[@michaelm.smichaelm.s4593]

Hi, Denis. I was born in Poland in the mid 60's, and I had Russian language in the primary and secundary school. I've been out of European continent for about 30 years. After learning three languages I'd decided to refresh my very rusty Russian and learn more. Your explenations are very,very interesting and educational. The most difficult part is reading and writing in the Russian language, and my guess is that in any foreign language these two elements cause a lot of problems for students. In my case, pronuciation isn't my biggest concern because Russian and Polish are related, and as I've mentioned it before I had contact with your native language in school. I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I wish you had your videos classes subtitled in Russian and in English. It would be very stimulating to connect vizual aspect of your classes by reading the words you say, especialy in Russian. Michael-Miroslaw

[@visenya8]

Great job Denis! Cases have always been a very difficult concept to wrap my hear around and now I think I finally get it. Большое спасибо :)

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@annatairidou6142]

It was very helpful. Thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MiltonJava]

Very nice explanation

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks

[@manjula6166]

great 👍👍👍

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks

[@DC-tr4pc]

Good job Denis! Good to have a male voice for us men to imitate. Most videos have got female voices. You explain the cases correctly.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks

[@Buckato]

this was so helpful thanks so much!

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Alegriadetisico]

Funny how you said ... In this “adventure” 😆

[@craigsellar767]

With this explanation, cases don't seem to warrant the difficulty normally prescribed to them. Спасибо, Денис!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks) As for the cases, that was a shallow overview. Like a bird-eye look. In practice, they represent more than a half of the beginner's Russian grammar (that kind of grammar that you need to learn to start speaking Russian).

[@Lauralinkola]

This was way more helpful than my textbook xdd thank you

[@madenita1693]

Thank you so much for the video, I got a little bit headache now but it's okay 😂 cases are a very new concept for me because in my national language (Indonesia) and English, we do not use this concept like Russian.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kathorsees]

отличный урок! весь вечер сегодня смотрю для развлечения всякие видосы про русский для наших западных коллег. ваше видео - первое, которое пытается объяснить человеку, что такое падежи и зачем они нужны, прежде чем начинать зубрёжку. и мне кажется, что это ужасно правильно. и очень крутая идея - начать даже до падежа, с разбора разных способов передачи смысла в языке. мне это даже в голову не приходило, а теперь я вообще думаю, что с этого объяснения надо всё изучение русского начинать для тех, у кого родной язык аналитический, типа англофонов. им же постоянно нужно будет к этому принципу возвращаться - и с временами, которые "вшиты" в сам глагол, а не вынесены во вспомогательный, и со словообразованием (на кой придумывать новое слово, если можно просто приставкой фигануть), и т.п. в общем, очень круто, спасибо! думаю, благодаря вам гораздо больший процент учеников доберётся до какого-то стабильного уровня и продолжит пользоваться языком!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо за добрые слова!

[@catboy721]

Denis -- I think this is great, but I'd take issue with you on your final sentence. In "decided to go to the butcher" butcher isn't a direct object, it's the object of the preposition 'to' and answers the question 'what was decided.' If you'd said instead "to give the butcher a bone," then 'butcher' WOULD be an indirect object, the object of the action 'to give.' But I know it's tough to create a sentence that uses all cases like this. Looking forward to the other videos in this series.

[@Jehan-David_de_Saint_Mars]

The first four cases work (nearly) the same as the first four in Latin.

[@Dawson2011H]

Do you have pdf for the cases as well ? I found your pdf documents are very helpful. I have them on my iBook.

[@DenisFedorov]

There will be some PDFs in later videos.

[@Dawson2011H]

Denis Fedorov большое спасибо

[@haddedakrem2587]

Please make a video about vocabulary hotel

[@DenisFedorov]

Got it

[@gauravchandrashekar255]

Your are very fluent in Russian and in English

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the compliment

[@faceofbangladesh5497]

I need some pdf documents file about case. Please give me. Thank you..

[@mhamdy7]

Iam beginner in learning Russian so When should i start to learn cases?

[@kennethevans9866]

So In “Peter sees Paul” part by giving Paul the “a” at the end it tells us that Paul is the object of the sentence and that something is happening to him so basically пола виду питер in English would be the same as Paul is seen by Peter am I wrong about this?

[@DenisFedorov]

By meaning, that's correct. But "Paul is seen by Peter" is a passive voice. "Пола видит Питер" is not a passive voice.

[@DC-tr4pc]

How do I download the PDF of the videos? Thank you.

[@DenisFedorov]

You need click the link in the description and enter your email address. Your PDF will arrive into your inbox shortly.

[@FG-cq9mg]

I don't recognize some of the characters in your examples. Please enlighten me.

[@cidocumar1293]

#DF I am a new student who lives Rostov only one month I am learning russian case's it's difficult to understood russian case's please enter all russian case's in the best way

[@DenisFedorov]

Sure)

[@cidocumar1293]

Yes sure

[@DenisFedorov]

Surely, yes)

[@catboy721]

Wow... clear, but this has triggered more questions for me. In your combined example: 1) With the dog - why is this instrumental.... you're not USING the dog, like the plane or pen examples. In English, this would just be a prepositional phrase, with 'dog' the object of the preposition 'with'. I'd be tempted to put this into accusative in Russian. 2) of the house - In English, we can also use 'of' to express possession, a swell (The flag of Russia. Wouldn't this use be dative? Seems different than 'glass of water', your earlier example. 3) to the butcher - Again, seems like just a normal object of the preposition 'to,' -- it's not an object that's acted on like your earlier example with the boy and the flowers to the girl. This seems like it should be accusative. 4) Finally, what happens if Paul were Paula.... already an ending sound to the word. Sorry for so many questions. Guess I should sign up for the course!

[@DenisFedorov]

1-3) You're using the English language mindset for the Russian language. You should watch the rest of the videos of the series, and probably you'll be able to answer these questions by yourself. 4) Paul-a will become Paul-у

[@catboy721]

Denis -- you're probably right, but that's the mindset that I bring, I'm afraid. Learning to think in Russian is a tough thing for new learners, which is why we look to our native languages for grammar clues. Thanks

[@beacurnearecurvata188]

Wait I'm super new to russian but why the h*ll is the letter "m" pronpunced like "t". I thought "T" was supposed to sound like "t".

[@sujatabhalerao5715]

is Ukranian and Russian grammer is same? Buz most of the Ukranian characters are same

[@SuperRip7]

When did the Russian word for man became feminine ?

[@DenisFedorov]

It never became feminine because when the ending of a word contradicts its meaning, the meaning prevails.

[@Pilum1000]

use the "muzhyk", мужик :>>

[@hitchipa]

Looking forward to the series man. Just some advice for you if you don't mind, you are best emphasising the first syllable of your name. DEnis is the man's name. denISE is the woman's.

[@DenisFedorov]

Hi, I am telling my REAL name for a purpose. This channel is for the Russian learners, so they should start learning the proper Russian names instead of surrogates. So, I am telling my real Russian name)

[@hitchipa]

Denis Fedorov ah so the pronunciation sounds like this in Russian? I didn't realise you were saying it with the correct pronunciation.

[@DenisFedorov]

Yes, I am saying my name exactly as in Russian.

[@hitchipa]

Denis Fedorov well there you go, I tried to correct and in fact learned something new myself instead. Thank you for the reply dude, and please continue the videos.

[@outdoorsywannabe1888]

Do you do skype tutorial?

[@DenisFedorov]

Yes, I do

[@outdoorsywannabe1888]

Denis Fedorov - is there a website to learn the fees?

[@zigorvlc]

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