Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases

Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).

Noun phrases

Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.

No articles (no ‘a/the’). Context + word endings do the job.
Cases are the big deal: endings change based on role (subject/object/location/etc.).
Start with common prepositions: в (in/to), на (on/to), у (at/with), с (with/from).
Good news: no articles. Focus on the noun phrase patterns you hear.
Treat common phrases as single chunks.

в Москве

v Moskve

in Moscow

в школу

v shkolu

to school

у друга

u druga

at a friend's / with a friend

Я здесь.

ya zdes'

I am here.

Я хочу воду.

ya khochu vodu

I want water.

Я не понимаю.

ya ne ponimayu

I don't understand.

Вы говорите по-английски?

vy govorite po-angliyski

Do you speak English? (formal/plural)

Где туалет?

gde tualet

Where is the toilet?

Это мой друг.

eto moy drug

This is my friend.

Mini-quiz

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Which sentence matches “in Moscow”?