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Prepositions and Place is the twenty-second (assuming read left to right) skill of the Russian language tree. It has four lessons, and the skill teaches some new prepositions and places in Russian.

Grammar Notes[]

Motion Verbs[]

Russian differentiates between moving inside of a city and moving outside of one, as well as being perfective or imperfective. More on that in Verbs: Motion.

Going to/Being in[]

Russian has two meanings for в/на

One uses the accusative and describes motion: я ходил в школу.

The other uses the prepositional and describes being in a place: я живу в Америке.

Business Cat[]

Useful for remembering pairs. "Business Cat" is a mnemonic for в/из, на/с, к/от, which are the prepositions that indicate directions.

Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

  • без = without
  • Европа = Europe
  • из = from
  • ехать = to go (with a vehicle)

Lesson 2[]

  • обо (мне) = about
  • около = by, near, around, about
  • улица = street
  • страна = country
  • этой = this (feminine genitive, dative, instrumental, and prepositional)

Lesson 3[]

  • находится = to be situated, is (situated), to be located
  • тут = here

Lesson 4[]

  • комната = room
  • люди = people
  • Санкт-Петербург/Петербург = St. Petersburg

References[]

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Prepositions

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