Let’s review when to use the Dative case in Russian:
1) To tell the age:
Ивану 25 лет.
Ivan is 25 years old.
2) To express the physical or emotional state of a person:
Вам холодно?
Are you cold?
3) To express that someone likes or dislikes something:
Анне нравится танцевать.
Anna likes dancing.
4) To say that someone needs something:
Пете нужен новый компьютер.
Petya needs a new computer.
5) To speak about indirect objects (recipient or addressee of the action):
Я подарила маме цветы.
I gave flowers to my mother.
6) To say that you are going to visit someone:
Мы идём к друзьям.
We are going to our friends.
The table below shows you how to create the Dative case forms of the nouns:
DATIVE CASE | ||
Gender | Nominative → Dative | Examples |
Masculine -у/-ю | consonant → add -у | сын → сыну Сергей → Сергею |
Feminine -е/-и | -а or -я → replace with -е -ия → replace with -ии | мама → маме Мария → Марии |
Plural -ам/-ям | If a singular noun ends in a consonant or -a → -ам In other cases → -ям | студент → студентам учитель → учителям |
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