The accusative case marks the direct object - the person or thing that the action is done to. In I read a book, a book is the direct object. It is also the case of direction after в and (na).
01
Endings
Only feminine nouns in -а and -я have a distinctive ending in the singular: -у and -ю.
- (kníga) - (knígu)
- (vodá) - (vódu)
- (nedélyanedélja) - (nedélyunedélju)
Мы чита́ем кни́гу.
My chitáyem knígu.My čitájem knígu.
We are reading a book.
Я пью во́ду.
Ya p'yu vódu.Ja pʹju vódu.
I'm drinking water.
Я люблю́ му́зыку.
Ya lyublyú múzyku.Ja ljubljú múzyku.
I love music.
Feminine nouns in -ь and all inanimate masculine and neuter nouns keep the nominative form.
Я смотрю́ фильм.
Ya smotryú fil'm.Ja smotrjú filʹm.
I'm watching a film.
Он ест я́блоко.
On yest yábloko.On jest jábloko.
He is eating an apple.
Закро́й дверь.
Zakróy dver'.Zakrój dverʹ.
Close the door.
02
Animate Nouns
Masculine nouns for people and animals, and all animate nouns in the plural, use the genitive form instead: (brat) becomes (bráta), (drug) becomes (drúga).
Я зна́ю э́того мужчи́ну.
Ya znáyu étogo muzhchínu.Ja znáju étogo mužčínu.
I know this man.
Я люблю́ своего́ па́пу.
Ya lyublyú svoyegó pápu.Ja ljubljú svojegó pápu.
I love my dad.
03
Adjectives in the Accusative
Feminine adjectives end in -ую or -юю, and possessives in -ю. Masculine adjectives follow the animacy rule of their noun.
Дава́й ку́пим но́вую.
Daváy kúpim nóvuyu.Daváj kúpim nóvuju.
Let's buy a new one.
Я хочу́ купи́ть но́вую маши́ну.
Ya khochú kupít' nóvuyu mashínu.Ja xočú kupítʹ nóvuju mašínu.
I want to buy a new car.
04
Direction: в and на (na)
After в (into) and (na) (onto, to), the accusative means movement towards a place. The same prepositions with the prepositional case mean location.
Я иду́ в магази́н.
Ya idú v magazín.Ja idú v magazín.
I'm going to the store.
Де́ти садя́тся в авто́бус.
Déti sadyátsya v avtóbus.Déti sadjátsja v avtóbus.
The children are getting on the bus.
Мы е́дем на мо́ре.
My yédem na móre.My jédem na móre.
We're going to the seaside.
05
Time
Days of the week after в, and periods of time that last, are in the accusative.
Уви́димся в понеде́льник.
Uvídimsya v ponedél'nik.Uvídimsja v ponedélʹnik.
See you on Monday.
Я бу́ду на больни́чном неде́лю.
Ya búdu na bol'níchnom nedélyu.Ja búdu na bolʹníčnom nedélju.
I'll be on sick leave for a week.
Ка́ждую суббо́ту я игра́ю в футбо́л.
Kázhduyu subbótu ya igráyu v futból.Kážduju subbótu ja igráju v futból.
Every Saturday I play football.
06
Other Prepositions
(ChérezČérez) (through, in), (pro) (about) and (za) (for, in return for) also take the accusative.
Спаси́бо за пода́рок.
Spasíbo za podárok.
Thank you for the gift.
Я верну́сь че́рез час.
Ya vernús' chérez chas.Ja vernúsʹ čérez čas.
I'll be back in an hour.
In the course
Sentences from Lingora’s Russian course
197 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 4. A few of them, with the words “Nouns: Accusative Case” is about in bold:
Я люблю их, и они любят меня.
Ya lyublyú ikh, i oní lyúbyat menyá.Ja ljubljú ix, i oní ljúbjat menjá.
I love them and they love me.
Lesson 32
Я покупаю один банан и шесть яиц.
Ya pokupáyu odín banán i shest' yaíts.Ja pokupáju odín banán i šestʹ jaíc.
I am buying one banana and six eggs.
Lesson 43
Я купила десяток яиц и для тебя шоколадку тоже.
Ya kupíla desyátok yaíts i dlya tebyá shokoládku tózhe.Ja kupíla desjátok jaíc i dlja tebjá šokoládku tóže.
I bought a dozen eggs and a candy bar for you too.
Lesson 47
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