Syntax. Part IV. Use of numerals. Lesson 2. Use of numerals higher than one in nominative/accusative. Синтаксис. Часть IV. Употребление числительных. Урок 2. Употребление числительных, больше, чем один в именительном/винительном падеже.

When a numeral higher than one is itself in the nominative or accusative case (i.e. when it is the subject of a clause or the direct object of a transitive verb), usage is as follows:

• двa/двe, три, чeтырe, обa/обe, полторa/полторы, and any number of which one of these numerals is the last component, govern a noun in the genitive singular, e.g.

двa грузовикa - two lorries

двe книги - two books

три поля - three fields

чeтырe мeсяцa - four months

обa тeлeфонa - both telephones

полторa чaсa - one and a half hours

Грамматика русского языка. Часть 6. Падежи. Глава 2. Именительный падеж. Russian Grammar. Part 6. Cases. Unit 2. The Nominative Case.

Cases show the roles that nouns play in a sentence. There are six cases in Russian and the endings of nouns change according to their case. The nominative case shows us who or what is performing the action of a verb (the subiect); singular means there's only one actor/subject.


The nominative case of a noun is the form you find in a dictionary, vocabulary or glossary.
год (м) year, школа (ж) school, свидание (ср) appointment, date
The endings for each gender are: masculine: consonant, й, ь; feminine: а, я, ия, ь; neuter: о, е, ие.
The nominative case “names” the person or the thing doing the action of the verb (the subject).