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Translation

this, this one

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Cases

Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
Nominativethe subjectэ́тотэ́таэ́тоэ́ти
Genitiveof; after нет, у, без, дляэ́тогоэ́тойэ́тогоэ́тих
Dativeto, forэ́томуэ́тойэ́томуэ́тим
Accusativethe object; after в/на for motionэ́тот / э́тогоэ́туэ́тоэ́ти / э́тих
Instrumentalwith, by; after сэ́тимэ́тойэ́тимэ́тими
Prepositionalabout, in, on; after о, в, наэ́томэ́тойэ́томэ́тих

Where the accusative shows two forms, the first is for things and the second - the same as the genitive - is for people and animals: я ви́жу э́тот дом, but я ви́жу э́того челове́ка. Not to be confused with the invariable э́то, "this is", which never changes: э́то мой дом.

Examples

постро́или .

This house was built last year.

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I really like this book.

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This year we are not going anywhere.

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 11: этот, теперь, думать and 11 more words.