Russian Cases Explained | Russian Language

[@roseantilla700]

You taught me in 10 minutes what my Russian professor couldn't get across to me all semester! Спасибо!!!

[@ryanforgo7028]

god so true. in fact they were avoiding explaining the cases to us we have finished the whole semester without the cases being explained although they are in the first section of the book. which is why the god damn russian language did not make any sense to me whatsoever! and now i am like oook so it's not just a random language smashed in together ! there is some logic to it !

[@nickburton100]

@@ryanforgo7028 In my 2001 course in the UK, I took the school leaving certificate in Russian. For some students, it was hard to understand the concept of cases since they do not exist in English: this video is good and indeed, there is logic. I am following Russian language and people in preparation for a trip to Bulgaria, where more people understand Russian.

[@paani3327]

Actually we do have cases in English. 1. Subjective case: pronouns used as subject. 2. Objective case: pronouns used as objects of verbs or prepositions. 3. Possessive case: pronouns which express ownership.

[@samuelalade8253]

Because your lecturer is good that's you understand quickly

[@sushinskiy]

Awesome :) Thank you for your feedback

[@ValeriaLinley]

I’m native Russian, just stumbled across this video and imagined myself a foreigner. Lol, that really sounds hard, amazing how I use it everyday and didn’t even notice how complicated Russian grammar is! :D

[@blxzardzz8836]

yea you should be thankful lol

[@lucas.n]

yeah, native speaker of any language take a lot of things for granted😅 That's why many courses propose that you should learn foreign languages just like kids do. Actually living the language comes before full knowledge of the grammar.

[@ValeriaLinley]

@@lucas.n personally I believe that learning grammar is important, at least it makes the whole process faster. At least for me it is so

[@twojadupasmierdzi_xx959]

If you want the full experience try learn Polish, the grammar is so annoying for foreigners. Also there's 7 cases

[@blxzardzz8836]

@@twojadupasmierdzi_xx959 Russian already has me wanting to burn down an orphanage I think Im good lmao

[@carolinadelarosa9988]

You've helped me more with Russian than any textbook I've ever bought!

[@BeFluentinRussian]

Thanks! Doing my best!

[@terriblycharismaticduck2717]

Wow, this is the most amazing video I have seen for Russian cases. Short, explains the case, and incredibly easy to follow and straight to the point. Спасибо!!!

[@adenovirus.]

agreed, this very simple explanation is what I needed too

[@nickburton100]

I agree.

[@sushinskiy]

Cool :) Thank you for your feedback

[@BlackPinkize]

These cases exist in Arabic too, but not only for propositions, adjectives, etc.. No, every single word in a sentence has a different ending (somehow like the Chinese tones) based on every word's position in a sentence. Every word has a different ending depending not only on its position in the sentence but also on its interaction with the tense, gender of the person talking plus the gender of the person you are talking to, plural vs singular... it's crazy. If Arabic wasn't one of my languages I would have died trying to learn it. Never knew that Russian was this similar, great video

[@Gymboy.747]

That's exactly why Chinese is the hardest, Arabic is second hardest and russian is third hardest major language in the world.

[@lilywatson3455]

As a foreigner learning Russian, I cannot thank you enough!!!!

[@6476tyujhfg]

I have spent the longest time trying to figure out cases. I looked at other KZbinr's explanations but they leave me even more confused. I even googled it but the written explanations were so long and boring. Finally, a short, informative video that makes sense! Thank you so much for this! Best "cases" video I've seen.....now I can finally start to make basic sentences...will be watching your other videos :)

[@shaneice2503]

seaeass Ikr!! I was so sad because I've had natives explain it,watched videos,and searched for explanations on google. NOTHING helped. I knew how to change endings depending on the case they needed to be in but I struggled with knowing which case to use to begin with! I was so close to giving up on learning cases until I found this video. I'm not sure what he did differently but he somehow made it click in my brain. THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to share this with us,now I can progress in my language learning journey.

[@Enoughdata]

No joke dude if you want to learn about grammatical cases and understand them as best as you can, study Latin. There's a channel called LatinTutorial that talks about all of the cases and it's easy to understand.

[@iulius6988]

It's amazing when you are Slavic and you already understand it perfectly before the lesson :D

[@OskarFFS]

exactly, I don't think I would want to learn Russian if I didin't know Polish

[@pedroalvaro7090]

I am learning Russian, and I am Portuguese. It is not the grammar, but the pronounciation is like that of Portuguese from Portugal. Hope that you are learning Portuguese, Fedor!

[@Andretorre404]

@@pedroalvaro7090 Verdade, já estou a aprender russo há 6 meses, e imensos russos pensam que sou nativo ahaha, pelos vistos nós temos jeito para o russo. Continuação de um bom estudo, Pedro!

[@edgarm9767]

@@Andretorre404 Isso mesmo, André. Igual comigo: dizem que falo como um nativo. Um dia vamos os dois à Rússia. Grande abraço desde Portugal.

[@waadfrelle]

or the other way around! I now have to learn Slovene and here I already learned these cases, yes!

[@嵐影湖光-r9z]

My word...studying French compared to this is like learning addition vs calculus. 😱

[@sanyalox01]

Endings of nouns depends more on it's declension (склонение) than its gender. There are three of them: 1. Masculine and feminine nouns ending with -а or -я (мама, дядя). 2. Masculine and neuter nouns ending with -о and -е (neuter nouns)(колесо, море) or no visible ending (masculine nouns)(конь). 3. Feminine nouns ending with -ь (part of their stem)(мышь). It wasn't included in the video but it's pretty simple. All cases of it except nominative and instrumental replace ь with и as an ending. As for instrumental the letter -ю is added. Also there weren't included the plural forms.

[@mruss381]

Thanks so much man! I think people in general find grammar boring. It's understandably, but with the right teacher it becomes much more engaging. Keep making quality lessons!

[@LiveRussian]

M Russ yeah, it's not easy to memorize all these different endings and to not get lost in them. A good teacher is like a moon at night that lights up your way)))

[@senaa.777]

I had been crying before I found your video, cпасибо! It helped me a lot :')

[@kamaldas1338]

I was finding it really tough to understand these cases but you just explained it with so much simplicity. First time in your channel, and obviously subscribing it.🙏

[@super8guy]

You have a valuable gift of simplifying challenging concepts, thereby making them readily comprehensible. Thank you for sharing.

[@ch4gga]

This is the best explanation i've seen for this topic so far!!! Russian is the first language I'm learning which has cases, so it's all a bit confusing to me, but this video helped me understand the topic very well!! I appreciate the example sentences for each case and the tables!

[@BRYANTERMULOOFFICAL]

you are very effective teacher. thanks a lot sir fedor

[@AvrahamYairStern]

This has helped me a lot, thank you for this video

[@TheHopefulProspect]

I just started learning the accusative case in my class and this video helped me understand it. Thank you so much!

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't learned any Russian watching these videos, I just like the way he speaks

[@bonniephengsom4785]

Karen From Finasse - your comment made me chuckle 😅😉 I do agree with you on his speaking voice (very clear enunciation and pleasant tone)! But, if you keep listening to videos like these (and actively try to pick up up information/vocabulary, etc. you'll learn .... little by little) 😊

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

@@bonniephengsom4785 I suppose it would be better if I just listened to the videos instead of watching. His speaking voice is something, but he's also devastatingly handsome!

[@bonniephengsom4785]

@@karenfromfinasse8430 Hah, so we have it - you're distracted by the teacher ... focus, miss 😉😏 (j/k) ... of course, and I agree with you (again) - he's not hard to look at 🙄 and his demeanor is genuinely kind & calming ... combined with his straightforward teaching methods - all make him very effective! It's def good to watch the videos (in addition to listen) as it connects/deepens the learning experience (plus, we have to see the written language) ... but I repeat what I watch multiple times for it to sink in ... as I tend to be doing this in the kitchen while cooking/cleaning. I discovered this channel a few months ago (and a few other really good YT channels) in my recent interest to learn Russian. I wish I thought of picking it up years ago! I love the way it sounds and there's so much great classic literature from this country - maybe one day I'll read some pages from those novels in the native language (but I'm getting ahead of myself 😊) I hope you keep going strong with learning Russian!! Cheers 🤗✌

[@XzctR]

Why it makes you be interested in how he speaks? Accent or what

[@ElenaAlexV]

Успехов в изучении русского языка!

[@gabrielserenil8352]

This is the first time I can say my Latin classes in high school paid off, the usage of the case system is pretty similar and makes things just a little less intimidating haha

[@Enoughdata]

As a student of Latin, this doesn't really intimidate me XD I actually like languages with grammatical cases. It gives the language more structure, instead of all these weird ambiguities and exceptions in English.

[@Riurelia]

Grammatical cases are one of my favorite features of languages.

[@timothyedwardthomas2962]

Yes

[@timothyedwardthomas2962]

Very true

[@timothyedwardthomas2962]

I'm a German learner and i found that Russian cases isn't that hard, i mean it's not impossible

[@fluffysaffron5719]

Yeah, I'm still deciding whether or not to study Russian, but I'm really glad that I took Latin as an elective so I'm familiar with cases. I think in the Indo-European language family, there are more languages with than without them.

[@RyanMcDonald]

I'm learning to speak Russian now. This video is VERY helpful.

[@lyssanikayla]

yo it’s been 4 years how’s ur progress??

[@mahmoode.1178]

@@lyssanikayla YES I WONDER TOO

[@CRRNCRW]

update? 🌚

[@morfy2581]

As a german speaker, learning about instrumental and prepositional feels like being able to see UV and IR light. Wonder if english people feel like blind people who can see colors for the first time, they were alway there, they just didnt notice.

[@libbybradshaw7241]

Thanks. I’m trying to learn Croatian which has 7 cases and I found your video very helpful. At the same time - aaaaargh!

[@iMarc89]

My guy, this was probably the clearest explanation of Russian cases I have ever seen.

[@momonatu4998]

Directly to the point, not too much information, that's perfect! I love this video!

[@RopeJon]

Love the videos! This has been so incredibly helpful. Thank you and please continue with these lessons!

[@zainda646]

I had been struggling with Russian for years! You made this so easy! Ty!

[@soumyabiswas957]

You are a good teacher and a very humble person, everyone say that russian is hard to learn, but with you it's too easy

[@Mary-sx5cw]

things like this make me wish my parents taught me Russian at birth even more

[@alejandro4335]

This makes it a lot easier to understand, thanks so much!

[@charlesweatherill874]

I really appreciated the way he collapsed the case endings into a simple table. So many books present the cases in a much more complicated way. Thank you, Fedor!

[@camilaubillus3964]

Thank you so much! I have a Russian test today and this is really helping me :)

[@laskdjf3880]

Very conscise and comprehensible. Thank you!

[@johnbingham6355]

The table nicely summed all of it up.

[@AlphaEtaPi]

Technically, in “I gave a car to the friend”, in English, “the friend” is not an indirect object. It’s an object of the preposition (“to”). However a prepositional phrase using “to” often communicates the same idea as an indirect object. To make “the friend” an indirect object, you would say “I gave the friend a car.”

[@pilou5783]

Adam Peterson A rather confusing nuance for learners of a language. The DATIVE is necessarily an indirect object, mediated or not by a preposition.

[@samuelsargent5041]

Thank you for taking the time to create this. You have been very helpful in increasing my understanding!

[@polmartinezbuxo6805]

Oh my God man!! Thank you so much for that info, this video is literally priceless!! Super well explained and clear!!

[@artiomboyko]

And when a noun is masculine, in accusative case: -It have no ending if it isn't something alive: chair-стул-стул, sword-меч-меч, etc. - AND it have ending -a if it means somebody or something alive, like animals or people: human-человек-человека, cat(m.)-кот-кота And also there are no explanation of how to make an ending in plural form. But the explanation of how to use them is good!

[@maryamalsuhail7932]

Thank you so much!!❤️ I spent the last 2hours trying to figure this out. After watching your vid I finally understood!! Thank you so absolute much !!

[@proxymoxie]

You are... a very very good teacher.

[@khyl_a]

Your teaching ability is just amazing👍☺️

[@arnetrautmann9783]

Man, I wish I had had you in my Russian classes 30 years ago! So much wasted time could have been saved.

[@halimaabbas7702]

Thanks a lot. It really helped. I've been always confused by the Russian cases. It's so clear😊

[@ollyymolly]

Случайно наткнулась на видео, крутой парень, молодец, лайк за старания и качественное видео!

[@robertpogue8844]

Great video Fedor, as always. This is one of the most difficult aspects of Russian for me, but your video helped a lot. Many thanks!

[@evangelosgeronicolas2385]

Thank you! Very helpful. Russian cases are intimidating and we need all the help that you generously offer. What I would like to bring to your attention is that it may often be interesting to think of prepositions as adverbs. In other words, to think of them as qualifying the verbal activity that the sentence denotes. When we interpret prepositions as adverbs the interpretion of the cases changes. For instance, compare 'I watch the pen' with 'I write with the pen'. Although the activity of the subject is different, in English the form of the pen stays the same. Languages however which use cases help us to denote that the way we experience the pen is not the same in both cases. In the first case the interesting,say, colour of the pen draws my attention. But when I write with the pen I focus on my writing and my awareness of the pen is a mere dim background awareness. This is a phenomenological interpretation of the cases and personally I find it very useful.

[@StanbyMode]

Dude your like the best Russian teacher out there subbed

[@yimpidendiounh1174]

Thank you very much,you are a great teacher. You made this lesson very easy to understand 🙏

[@oleanelaroche8919]

Sincerely lot of thanks ! I started Russian while learning English (I'm French) and I completely understands all your explanations + I'm really do make progress in russian ! :D спасибо большое!

[@oleanelaroche8919]

I *

[@cubalibreball3809]

Finally a noun case video that I can actually understand

[@Exvojak]

Это урок был очень полезный. Волшой спасибо!

[@mr.timofey5036]

Большое спасибо*

[@Kate-vy4jk]

Thank you so much! I am trying to learn Russian on my own so I can speak to my family in Russia... this is really helping me slowly understand. I really want to speak Russian well. Please continue to make Russian videos in your spare time. I genuinely wish you did lessons >.

[@dennyska2211]

You watch Nexpo and The Right Opinion? Massive respect for you now.

[@alannamcnamara2716]

It's been five years since you posted this, so how's your progress going?

[@stefanocomelli820]

Cheers mate I really appreciate it, it was an excellent explanation

[@Skid16]

I understood you perfectly. Man, you are very good. Спасибо

[@UncleBoom]

Great Examples - and your explanations are very helpful. I've been teaching myself for a year - but hearing talented teachers like you cover the same subjects I've been familiar with - I always learn something! Thank you so much! ... All I might say is that - I really like how you speak naturally, it helps some of these huge words make sense. Don't let people ask you to remove that - it is unique. I want to hear in my mind when a word is said, in a man's way - not to just remember my own butchered sounding of these large common words. Salute Fedor - Good Luck and Thanks Again!

[@SiggiSegelfahrer]

very very good...you put it short and can explain very well. First time i got to this grammar stuff in 3 years of learning russian.

[@Aeduo]

This is probably the most descriptive I've seen this topic yet. It'll take a lot for me to remember it though. But yeah this is very clear and digestible, not bogged down with a bunch of stuff that requires you to basically already know what they're talking about because it's more just documentation for people who already study language rather than people trying to get in to the basics of a language.

[@VictorMusique]

Hello! That's so great that you like the russian language! I also teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian too (and some videos with my hobbies) Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Feodor, this is an excellent explanation on cases and word endings. Very much appreciated effort. This will be a guide for us. Thank you.

[@keithconte6256]

I’m just amazed at how well you speak English. You even get the -TH- sounds correct most foreigners can’t do it

[@vectorofmidnight6387]

Тот редкий случай, когда падежи русского языка объясняют лучше, чем в российской школе и лучше, чем у многих видеоблоггеров. У многих принято объяснять их смысл через вопросы (nominative case -- who?, what?). В данном видео прямо объясняется их функциональность в языке, указываются аналогичные по функции конструкции в английском (to, from, и пр.) и это даёт большее понимание как русского, так и английского языка.

[@AlexFG24]

Не забывайте, что про падежи впервые рассказывают детям в 10-11 лет. Мне кажется что через вопросы это проще в таком возрасте.

[@MaksymMinenko]

А, по-моему, вопросы тоже не мешало бы хотя бы упомянуть.

[@XzctR]

Ой да ладно вам. Нормально в школе объясняли ИП РП нет кого-чего? ДП дать кому-чему? ВП винить кого-что? ТП делать кем-чем? ПП говорить о ком-о чем? Вот и все. Просто и эффективно.

[@Japinho2005]

This video was actually really helpful. спасибо!

[@AtolyeLamiya]

This video really helped me to understand the cases in Russian, because I had terrible problems with them 😁 Thanks for this awesome lesson, Sir!

[@DJ-st6qk]

Great video! I think this is the most difficult thing to learn until now!

[@ericoftheotherworld1525]

Thank you so much for your lessons brother, I am truly grateful for your time and hard work.

[@333rafed]

Большое спасиб., Это мне помогает много.

[@sanyalox01]

Better say "отлично помогает"

[@sentrygun9978]

I really like this because it explains the cases quite well. I'm a native speaker, and a lot of the videos I've seen are nowhere near as simple and straightforward as this one.

[@herefobeer]

This is the best way to learn cases. Oxford's very good (and yet very concise) Grammar & Verbs handbook teaches it the same way and it also nails the concept with one page before going into edge cases. Most books and courses for some reason don't give this bird's view of cases before going into detail and it's overwhelming.

[@Osafune2]

Agreed. I am blessed with an excellent tutor, but I think an overview of them all before delving into each is helpful. You can be mindful of other cases even while learning a specific one, so you have exposure to all of them

[@AceofDlamonds]

I love the way you teach. Keep it like this. :)

[@esminuya265]

I love you. Thank you very much! Greetings from Austria :D

[@easyenglisheasyenglish6516]

Very useful and straight to the point👍

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Oh yeah !! Thank you very much, crystal clear definition.

[@coraline3532]

I don't know why people say it's complicated .. it makes a lot of sense to me .. and it's pretty easy.

[@NEnigma777]

You’re such a good teacher!

[@camelcase9225]

buhhhh WHAT??!? It's a good lesson, don't get me wrong. Clear and concise. But what the hell? This is going to take some serious practice. It's just not that intuitive to me to think of the case I'm speaking a sentence in before I speak it so I suffix the nouns properly. It's crazy.

[@bboyHarrypotter]

Actually, if you're an English speaker, you do think of the case before speaking/writing a sentence, just not consciously :). In English, we express grammatical case with word order and prepositions. Probably this has become so natural for you that you don't even think about it, or rather, it IS how you think. So maybe one just needs to apply these rules over and over and over again until they feel natural.

[@amjan]

Think of English pronouns which do have a left over case system. You won't say: I like he. I see they. You will say: I like HIM. I see THEM. Those are accusative cases of the pronouns. In Russian you treat all nouns like this.

[@finallychangedmyname6726]

amjan and Orpheus I was lost on all this but that actually helped me think a little better thanks!

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Yeah, Russians literally have to think before they speak, lol.

[@amjan]

@@Katya_Lastochka Nonsense. How long did you have to think to decide whether to say have, has, had or having in your sentence? Huh?

[@hamzaelkerz1448]

its true that the nominative and the genative case are the most needed in the russian language

[@edivkoze4721]

I can't imagine Russian without any other cases))

[@bonbonpony]

They are most needed in pretty much every language, first to name things and then to express possession or origination. Other cases can usually be expressed in multiple different ways in many languages, each language having its own way of doing it, if not with the cases then with some special words or prepositions to compensate for the lack of cases.

[@danielrodriguezperez8655]

Thank you so much! Excellent video!

[@seineldin6702]

This is very useful! Thank you so much

[@husseinalwahab23]

Очень полезный видео❤️❤️❤️ Спасибо вам большое 🌹🌹🌹 Really useful

[@mr.timofey5036]

Лол

[@bonbonpony]

07:28 Russian can be deceiving to Polish students :q In Polish, "стул" ["stół"] means "table", and "chair" is "krzesło". In Russian, "стул" means "chair", and "стол" means "table" :P There's a lot of similar false cognates between these two languages, I have a whole list of them already :q It really looks as if someone tried to mess with people by confusing their languages so that they couldn't agree upon anything anymore, as in the story of the Tower of Babel :P Too bad, considering that Russian and Polish are both Slavic languages, with common origins :/

[@AxelStrem]

"Кресло" ("kreslo") means "armchair" in Russian :)

[@bonbonpony]

Nice :q I'll add it to my list...

[@Er.PrashanthKumar.B]

The cases are similar to Sanskrit. Grammar is similar. If you know Sanskrit and English, I think it will be more easy to understand Russian.

[@rogervaz1051]

Thanks a lot! You're awesome dude!

[@amelel-rayis]

Thank you, you made my learning Russian pretty easier. Thumbs up!

[@ElsaRalske]

thank you this was very clear and helpful!

[@guichaky3918]

I understood really fast thanks! Good job keep it up

[@VictorMusique]

Hello! That's so great that you like the russian language! I also teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian too (and some videos with my hobbies) Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

[@florence_92]

This is very helpful, thanks!

[@beatrizbanho.defloresta1581]

Отлично! Я изучаю русский язык уже один год. Я из Бразилии. Спасибо большое!

[@winterinkabul]

Thanks for the video!

[@afanasymarinov2236]

Even as a native speaker I learned a lot from this amazing lesson. Просто прелестно. Спасибо большое.

[@rdtx2049]

Exactly what I was looking for. Спасибо большое!

[@danmarsden1769]

Im 14 and teaching myself russian this helped soo much. Спасибо

[@shohvaliev2178]

im 13 and teaching myself russian

[@shohvaliev2178]

oh crap you're 16 now

[@yuvraj7214]

Haha

[@yuvraj7214]

I'm still in my mother's womb and teaching myself russian.

[@bboyHarrypotter]

@@yuvraj7214 lol, I'm a prehistoric microbial organism whose species hasn't evolved yet to the point of individual self-awareness, and I'm teaching myself Russian

[@aydasoleymani]

First time i feel i did finally understood, thank you for this awesome video 🙏🏻

[@C720L]

You’re fantastic man

[@NiksWickOfficial]

With those who are having trouble nominative- The subject or otherwise known as dictionary form, showing я, ты, мы Accusative- what is being 'verbed' such as я вижу ` девушкУ ` Genetive- replaces OF and for possessions like это бизнес мальчика Dative - to who receives, perfect example that Fedor gave, "I gave it TO HIM" (я дал это 'ему') Instrumental- shows with or "helping" case I say like in "I am with my friends here" (я здесь с моими/своими друзьями" Propositional- shows positioning of a noun such as "I am IN the store" (я в магазине) Took me months to learn but not impossible!

[@oleksandraa7215]

But other words may have other endings... Mouse - мышь (fem.) Мышь Мыши Мыше Мышь Мышью Мыше Sea - море (neut.) Море Моря Морю Море Морем Море

[@GloryJob-t2y]

It's amazing, thanks for this.

[@wyonthebeat]

Великий видео, большое спасибо, мой друг!

[@heraldtyr6198]

*отличное видео

[@schweizerd6303]

Knowing the German Language the concept of cases is very easy to grasp, the only oddities are the addition of the Instrumental and Prepositional case, plus the fact that the cases are inflected directly upon the noun itself due to the lack articles in the Russian Language, the most similar thing I can think of in German where the noun declines into another form is i.e. Nom: der Tag (the day) ==>> Gen: des TagES (of the day) and of course there's the problem of what is masculine in one language may be feminine or neuter and vice-versa in another If you know English it would be as hard to learn but if you come from a language like Chinese and know nothing else, it would be super painful! I really wish English teachers actually teach the concept of cases especially when studying middle / Shakespearean English pronouns like Thou, thee, thy they are Nominative, Accusative & Dative, Genitive respectively, and how these merged into the modern day subject/object/possessive, instead usually no explanation is given and modern English its all you you you, the the the, a/an , a/an etc.... one would know its "thou hast" or "to thee" and not "to thou" but no idea why. it wasn't until I saw the parallels between thou hast .. du hast and many other parallels with German that dug deep that I grasped the concept of subject, direct/indirect objects are.. the case system is easier to understand in that sense, present in Old English but gradually dumbed down and removed

[@preussen577]

болшое спасибо мой друг!

[@gborka]

Very well structured video.