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11-Dec-2006, 18:37
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Originally Posted by blueabell2go  I was intrigued by Rewboss's comment that Russian has six cases and two sub-cases. From what I remember learning at school (almost 40 years ago)Russian has 6 cases:
nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental and prepositional. I can't say that I remember learning about subcases. | The two subcases I remember are: The animate accusative and the partitive genitive. You probably didn't call them "subcases" at school (they were taught to me as exceptions to the rule).
Russian also used to have a vocative case, but this is preserved only in a few idioms: "Bozhe moi!" = "My God!". |
11-Dec-2006, 21:29
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| | Re: When to use who or whom?
Thanks, Rewboss,
I must have been off school that day.  |
12-Dec-2006, 05:11
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Oh yes, Rewboss, absolutely right! Silly me, how could I forget? The Vocative is still alive and kicking in Ukrainian, Belarusian and, it seems, Polish. As to the Partitive, I do mention it when I explain the usage of some.
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12-Dec-2006, 11:09
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| | Re: When to use who or whom?
Humble, Rewboss,
Some honey, a very distant bell is starting to ring  |
12-Dec-2006, 15:12
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| |  Re: When to use who or whom?
Hi, I'm Linh.
Nice to meet yoy!!!!!!!!  |
12-Dec-2006, 15:35
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| | Re: When to use who or whom?
Hello Linh, welcome to Using English!
If you have any questions about English, feel free to start a new thread, and someone here will help you.
All the best,
MrP |
12-Dec-2006, 15:55
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| | Re: When to use who or whom?
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Originally Posted by Humble ...
Yes, I've seen long threads on linguistic discussions here, but I found myself shunning them as sometimes they leave me with a heavy heart... | Me too - and I'm not even an ESL.
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12-Dec-2006, 17:24
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Originally Posted by BobK Me too - and I'm not even an ESL.
b | They give me a headache. My heart is fine. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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