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Lesson 2: Знахідний відмінок – Частина
2. Accusative – Part 2.
Part 2 – The accusative case of animate nouns
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In this lesson you will extend your knowledge regarding the Accusative case.
Introduction to the Accusative case
When is the Accusative case used?
Generally, we use the Accusative case…
- to express the direct object =>
- after some prepositions to show the place “someone goes to” =>
| Я бачу мою книгу. | I see my book. |
| Ми йдемо у кіно. | We are going to the cinema. |
What will we learn in this lesson?
We are going to learn the accusative case of different animate nouns (that is, names of people and animals). We will also learn the accusative of pronouns.
Ukrainian vocabulary
Read, listen and repeat the basic vocabulary of this lesson.
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знахідний відмінок
Accusative (Ac.)
раніше
before
кішка
cat
собака
dog
секрет
secret
разом
together
не може бути
it can’t be / no way
актор
actor
акторка
actress
Dialogues
Read, listen and pay attention to the cases used
Extra help: highlighted cases + tables
We have highlighted the nouns in Accusative. You can also look up these grammar tables while you read the dialogues:
These tables will open in a new window
Dialogue 1
Хочеш подивитися наші фотографії?
Do you want see our photographs?
Звичайно! Хто це?
Of course! Who is this?
Це мій друг. Його звати Петро. Ти знаєш мого друга?
This is my (male) friend. His name is Petro (lit. “they call him Petro”). Do you know my friend?
Так, я знаю його. Він любить піцу та п’є тільки воду.
Yes, I know him. He loves pizza and drinks only water.
Ти маєш рацію. А це моя подруга. Її звати Ольга. Ти знаєш мою подругу?
You are right. And this is my (female) friend. Her name is Olga (they call her Olga). Do you know my friend?
Я думаю, що я її знаю. Вона завжди п’є чай, так?
I think I know her. She always drinks tea, right?
Так, це вона. А це мої батьки. Ти знаєш моїх батьків?
Yes, that’s her. And these are my parents. Do you know my parents?
Так, я знаю їх. До речі, вчора я бачила твого батька та його друга. Вони пили каву.
Yes, I know them. By the way, yesterday I saw your father and his friend. They were drinking coffee.
Dialogue 2
Хочеш секрет? Я кохаю твою сестру.
Do you want to know a secret? I love your sister.
Не може бути! Але Майкл, я думала, що ти кохаєш мою подругу Катю.
No way! But Michael, I thought you loved my friend Katya.
Катю? Звичайно ні! Катя кохає мого друга. Я бачив їх разом.
Katya? Of course not! Katya loves my friend. I saw them together.
Вау! Я думала, що Катя кохає твого брата. Раніше вона кохала твого брата, а зараз вона кохає твого друга?
Wow! I thought that Katya loved your brother! Before she loved your brother and now she loves your friend?
Так. А твоя сестра? Вона мене кохає?
Yes. And your sister? Does she love me?
Я не знаю…Я гадаю, що моя сестра кохає лише свою собаку.
I don’t know… I think that my sister only loves your dog.
У тому-то й проблема…Моя собака не кохає її кішку.
That’s the problem… my dog doesn’t love her cat.
Dialogue 3
Below we have highlighted adjectives in Accusative.
Вчора я була у кіно. Я дивилась новий фільм.
Yesterday I went to the cinema. I watched a new movie.
Справді? Всі мої друзі там були! Ти бачила моїх друзів?
Really? All my friends were there! Did you see my friends?
Я не знаю твоїх друзів. Але я бачила твоїх братів та сестер.
I don’t know your friends. But I saw your brothers and sisters.
Та який був фільм? Ти бачила моїх улюблених акторів?
So how was the movie? Did you see my favourite actors?
Ні, але я бачила дуже гарних акторок: Джулію Робертс та Камерон Діас.
No, but I saw very beautiful actresses: Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.
Я не люблю цих акторок.
I don’t fancy these actresses.
Я теж їх не люблю. Але це гарний фільм.
I don’t fancy them either. But this is a good movie.
Ukrainian grammar
Read the following grammar summary. We will learn the cases from this lesson.
The Accusative Case: Animate nouns
In this lesson’s dialogues we have seen examples of Nominative (Nom.) and Accusative (Acc.) Case in animate nouns (that is, names of people and animals.
These are the most important points to remember about these two Cases:
| Animate nouns IN SINGULAR: |
| Accusative masculine = Genitive masculine. |
| Feminine: its endings are unique to Accusative. |
| We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender. |
| Animate nouns IN PLURAL: |
Accusative = Genitive(for all genders) |
Masculine: -а -я
- Це мій брат (Nom.). Я бачу мого брата (Acc.) This is my brother. I see my brother.
Masculine: -ів, -їв, -ей
- Це мої брати (Nom.). Я бачу моїх братів (Acc.) These are my brothers. I see my brothers.
Feminine: -у -ю
- Це моя собака (Nom.). Я бачу мою собаку (Acc.)This is my dog. I see my dog.
Feminine: -… -и -і -ї
- Це мої собаки (Nom.). Я бачу моїх собак (Acc.) These are my dogs. I see my dogs.
Neuter
- There are very few animate neuter nouns. That is why we are not mentioning their rules in this course.
Neuter
- There are very few animate neuter nouns. That is why we are not mentioning their rules in this course.
Test
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