Я люблю прозу.

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Breakdown of Я люблю прозу.

• любить: to love
• проза: the prose

Questions & Answers about Я люблю прозу.

Why is it прозу and not проза?

Because Russian uses grammatical cases.

• The verb любить (to love / to like) takes its object in the accusative case.
• The dictionary (nominative) form is проза.
• The accusative singular of проза is прозу (ending -у instead of -а).

So: Я люблю прозу. = I love prose.
Я – nominative (subject)
люблю – verb
прозу – accusative (direct object)

How do I know that проза is feminine?

Most nouns ending in -а / -я in the dictionary form are feminine.
Проза ends in -а, so it is grammatically feminine.

Its main singular forms:

• Nom.: проза – prose
• Gen.: прозы – of prose
• Dat.: прозе – to/for prose
• Acc.: прозу – prose (object)
• Instr.: прозой – with/by prose
• Prep.: прозе – about/in prose

Is люблю “I love” or “I like”? Which is more accurate?