Question 1

What are the 6 Russian cases?

Accepted Answer

The six Russian cases are nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and prepositional. Each case marks a noun's role in a sentence by changing its ending.

Question 2

What is the nominative case in Russian?

Accepted Answer

The nominative case is the subject case and the dictionary form of a Russian noun. It identifies who or what performs the action in a sentence.

Question 3

Which Russian case should I learn first?

Accepted Answer

Start with the nominative, then learn the accusative and genitive. These first three cases cover much of everyday Russian usage before you move on to the prepositional, dative, and instrumental cases.