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Re: Cases, again

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, March 18, 2004, 18:54
Hi!

Apollo Hogan <apollo@...> writes:
> In Russian, doesn't 'za' govern the nominative in phrases such as > chto za chort'?! > or > chto za utka tebja ukusila? > ?
Well, govern -- it does nothing to the case. The phrase's case is not changed: Chto eto za vodka? (nom) Chto ty kupish za vodku? (acc) (Maybe strange word order...) **Henrik