Learn Hardcore Russian: Для салата я взял тёрку и быстро натёр морковь и сыр. - For the salad, I took a grater and quickly grated carrots and cheese.

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Для салата я взял тёрку и быстро натёр морковь и сыр.

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For the salad, I took a grater and quickly grated carrots and cheese.

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Breakdown of Для салата я взял тёрку и быстро натёр морковь и сыр.

Why is it для салата and not для салат?

Because the preposition для always requires the genitive case.

So для салата means for the salad.

This is a very common pattern in Russian:

Why is it тёрку instead of тёрка?

Because тёрку is the accusative singular form of тёрка.

Here, тёрка is the direct object of взял (took), so it has to go into the accusative case.

For most feminine nouns ending in -а, the accusative singular changes to -у:

So:

Why do морковь and сыр stay the same instead of changing too?