YOU!

As far as now, we've seen the Nominative case and the nominative plural.

Now lets talk about verbs..

What is a verb?

A verb is an action word.. Like "do! , come! , We are eating "

In Russian these so called verbs must agree to the person and the tense.

In English, there are tenses but there is no agreement with the person except the 3rd person singular.

Example :

I do            We do

you do        you do

he does      they  do

From the example , do you understand what happens to "do" when it is done by "he/she/it"?

In Russian the conjugations are much more common than in English.

The person are of three types

1st person - I , we

2nd person - you

3rd person - he, she, it , they

So before we go to the process of learning to conjugate verbs (make an agreement to the subject), let us learn the subject pronouns.

I        Я          We                             МЫ

you    ТЫ       you (formal & plural)   ВЫ

he      ОН        they                           ОНИ

she     ОНА

it        ОНО

You must have noticed there are two "you"s.. Well "ТЫ" is used to address someone whom you know or someone who is friendly or familiar.

You use "ВЫ" ro refer to a group of people or a single person as a form of respect.

So when you address your boss  or when you meetsomeone for the first time, including a shopkeeper ,always use "ВЫ".

Lets see the nominative case in Plural

The Nominative Case - Plural (Subject)

In Russian, in the nominative case, you make a plural by using the letters "и", "ы", "я" or "а".

For masculine nouns:
    If the word ends in a consonant, add “ы”.
    Replace “й” with “и”
    Replace “ь” with “и”

For feminine nouns:

    Replace “а” with “ы” (unless previous consonant is Г, К, Х, Ж, Ч, Ш, Щ then replace with "и" as per                                             the spelling rules.)
    Replace “я” with “и”
    Replace “ь” with “и”
   

For neuter nouns:
    Replace “о” with “а”
    Replace “е” with “я” (don't forget the spelling rules)

Nominative case