Breakdown of Наш преподаватель объяснил правило употребления дательного падежа с глаголом «нравиться».
с
with
объяснить
to explain
правило
the rule
наш
our
Questions & Answers about Наш преподаватель объяснил правило употребления дательного падежа с глаголом «нравиться».
Why is дательного падежа in the genitive case instead of the dative?
Because it is the object of the noun употребление (“usage”). In Russian, many verbal nouns like употребление govern a genitive to answer “usage of what?” → правило употребления дательного падежа.
Why is глаголом used with the preposition с and in the instrumental case?
The preposition с (“with”) always takes the instrumental. Here с глаголом нравиться means “with the verb нравиться” to specify which verb the rule applies to.
Why does правило look like a nominative when it is the direct object of объяснил?
In Russian, neuter inanimate nouns have identical nominative and accusative singular forms. Since правило (“rule”) is neuter inanimate, its accusative (direct‐object) form looks the same as its nominative.
Why is наш преподаватель in the masculine singular form? Does this mean the teacher is male?
Yes. The possessive pronoun наш must agree in gender, number and case with преподаватель (“teacher”), which here is masculine singular nominative. Also объяснил is the masculine past‐tense form, so the sentence implies a male teacher. A female teacher would be наша преподаватель объяснила.