THE ACCUSATIVE CASE: USAGE, EXAMPLES, AND THE TEST

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The Accusative Case (Знахíдний відмíнок) is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb.

Questions it answers:

Когó? Whom? Що? What?

Кудѝ? Where to? Колѝ? When?

Про кóго? About whom? Про що? About what?

Formation table

The first form of a noun is in the Nominative Case. To change the case, we have to change a word’s ending. Changing words by the case is called declension.

Let’s look at the ending’s changing patterns for the Acc.c.

When is it used?

As the direct object of action

After the common verbs:

читáти ( to read) що? what? кнѝжку (книжка – книжку)

to read a book

A book is an object of an action (reading) in this word combination, that is why книжка is changed into the Acc.c.

книжку.

Я хочу читати книжку. I want to read a book.

писáти (to write) що? повідóмлення (neuter g. inanimate do not change)

to write a message

слýхати (to listen) що? пíсню (пісня – пісню)

to listen to a song

дивѝтися (to watch) що? футбóл (masc. g. inanimate do not change)

to watch football

робѝти (to do) що? спрáви

to do things (business)

знáти (to know) що? істóрію (історія – історію)

to know history

учѝти (вивчáти) (to learn) що? мóву (мова-мову)

to learn a language

любѝти (кохáти) (to love) кого? whom? чоловíка (чоловік – чоловіка)

to love a man (husband)

купувáти (to buy) що? продýкти

to buy goods

бáчити (to see) кого? whom? людéй (лю́ди – людéй)

to see people

чýти (to hear) кого? whom? дітéй (діти – дітéй)

to hear children

давáти (to give) що? цюкерку

to give candy

мáти (to have) що? знання́

to have knowledge

Note: лю́ди – людéй

дíти – дітéй

As the object of speech or thought, after the prepositions про (about), за (for)

Я чáсто дýмаю (про кого? about whom?) про батькíв.

I often think about my parents.

Я дякую їм (за що? for what?) за турбóту.

I thank them for caring.

With prepositions у (в) / на (to) to indicate a direction

Сьогóдні ми йдемó (куди? where to?) в теáтр.

We’re going to a theatre today.

Зáвтра ми йдемó відпочивáти (куди? where to?) на прирóду.

Tomorrow we’re going to enjoy a picnic.

Some common spatial nouns with the prepositions у (в) and на indicating direction:

у магазѝн/супермáркет to shop/supermarket

у парк to park

у кафé/ресторáн to cafe/restaurant

на робóту to work

на вýлицю outside

на мóре to the sea

на пляж to the beach

PREPOSITIONS “У /В” AND “НА” WITH THE SPATIAL NOUNS

To denote that something happens on some days of the week

Я займáюсь українською мóвою (коли? when?) в понедíлок і у сéреду.

I have Ukrainian classes on Monday and Wednesday.

Він працює в понеділок, вівторок, середу й п’ятницю.

У четвер,суботу й неділю він не працює.

He works on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.

He doesn’t work on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

After you have learned the rules and have gotten familiar with the usage of the Acc. c. it’s high time to practice your skills. Do the task below and leave us your answers in the comments.

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