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[bellezzarubata.livejournal.com]

I'm unclear as to when I should use certain cases.  This is my current understanding:


Accusative is used when you're talking about something/direct object, such as:

я хочу собаку
я вижу его


Genitive is used when you're talking about ownership, such as:

это его книгы
Is ownership (with special modifiers or more?) also applied to "зовут"? -- Её зовут _____.


And how does Dative apply to age if it's purpose is to explain an indirect object? I'm not making the corellation, sorry.

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[pecunium.livejournal.com]

It translates as, "there are this many years to "X".

Much as the verb нравиться translates best as, "It is pleasing/enjoyable to 'X'" rather than, "'X' likes 'Y'".

TK