Today’s lesson is about certain nouns that take the prepositional case in -у.

Some masculine nouns, mostly one syllable nouns, take the ending -у in the prepositional case after the prepositions в and на.

For example,

in the forest – в лесу (лес becomes лесу)

Я живу в лесу. – I live in the forest.

Where? In the forest. В лесу.

in the garden – в саду (сад becomes саду)

Дети играют в саду. – The kids are playing in the garden.

in the year – в году (год becomes году)

К сожалению, День Рождения только раз в году. – Unfortunately, you have your birthday only once in a year.

The ending in -у is always stressed. в годУ – в лесУ – в садУ.

More nouns that fall in this category:

угол (corner) – в углу

шкаф (cupboard) – в шкафу

пол (floor) – на полу

глаз (eye) – в глазу

час (hour) – в часу

берег (shore) – на берегу

мост (bridge) – на мосту

Guys, attention, attention! We use this ending -у only when we ask the question where or when. Где? Когда?

In all the other cases we use the common ending -е to form the prepositional case.

For example,

Я говорю о лесе. – I’m talking about the forest.

Я говорю об этом годе. –  I’m talking about this year.

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See you later,

Angelos

PS: Now that I finished this video, I deserve my favourite meal. Buckwheat with milk! – Гречка с молочком!!!! Mmmmm!!!!