по as in "through"

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

I am trying to remember how the prefix "по" works in Russian for dates. How would you say, "I will be studying there from June through December"? Is it "я там буду учиться от июня по декабру" (дательный падеж)?

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[latherieth.livejournal.com]

с июня по декабрь I think

[gordin.livejournal.com]

It works as с ... по, and requires родительный падеж after с and винительный падеж after по.

[burevestnitsa.livejournal.com]

С (чего? родительный падеж) июня по (что? винительный падеж) декабрь.

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

Ok, got it, thanks!

[kehrmann.livejournal.com]

btw, дательный падеж - "декабрю", not "декабру", there is no "декабру" form in Russian.

[gera.livejournal.com]

+1

More consistent style would be: ... с июня до декабря.

[pinky-the-cow.livejournal.com]

And if it's "Я буду учиться там с июня по декабрь."?

[pinky-the-cow.livejournal.com]

I'd disagree, because there will quite likely be some context before the sentence. Possibly, such sort of a context, that any attempted further formalization would make things look bad, introducing speech mistakes.

I'm a big fan of context for a reason. :]

[laew.livejournal.com]

"По" and "до" have different meanings.
"по" = including December
"до" = excluding December

And I don't think this is about formal or informal style.

[pzrk.livejournal.com]

с (кого? чего?) июня по (кого? что?) декабрь
First noun is in genitive case, second is in accusative.