Let’s review when to use Dative case in Russian:
1) To tell the age (Unit 9):
Ему 5 лет.
He is five years old.
2) To express the physical or emotional state of a person (Unit 16):
Вам холодно?
Are you cold?
3) To express that you like or dislike something (Unit 14):
Мне нравится играть на гитаре.
I like playing guitar.
4) To say that you need something (Unit 13):
Мне нужен новый компьютер.
I need a new computer.
5) To speak about indirect objects (Unit 19):
Она написала сообщение другу.
She wrote a message to her friend.
6) To say that you are going to visit someone (Unit 20):
Мы идём к друзьям.
We are going to our friends.
Listen to the audio to hear the correct answers
Task 4: Watch the video & answer the question
Tanya and Danya are discussing what to get mom for her birthday.
Vocabulary for the video:
- скоро - soon
- тогда - then, in that case
- точно - exactly
- ей понравилось - she liked it
- спрашивать - ask
- для неё - for her
- шутка - joke
- мечта - dream
- увидеть - see
- северное сияние - Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis
- Мурманск - Murmansk (a city in Russia’s Far North)
- океан - ocean
- кит - whale