Breakdown of Она пьёт чай из моей любимой чашки.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
чай
tea
мой
my (мой, моя, моё) / mine
пить
to drink
чашка
cup
любимый
favourite
из
out of
Questions & Answers about Она пьёт чай из моей любимой чашки.
Why do моей любимой чашки all have special endings here?
The preposition из (from/out of) always requires the genitive case. Since чашка (cup) is a feminine noun, it changes to чашки. The words for my (мой) and favorite (любимая) must match its feminine genitive form, so they become моей and любимой.
I thought the genitive form of my was моего. Why is it моей here?
You use моего for masculine and neuter nouns, like my brother (моего брата). Because чашка is a feminine noun, you have to use the feminine genitive form, which is моей. Feminine adjectives also take the -ой ending in this case, which is why we see любимой.
If she is drinking the tea, shouldn't чай be in the accusative case since it is the direct object?
It actually is in the accusative case! Because чай (tea) is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living thing), its accusative form looks exactly the same as its dictionary (nominative) form.
What is the difference between из and от? Don't they both mean from?
They do, but they are used differently. Both require the genitive case, but you use из when taking something out of the inside of a space or object, like drinking out of a cup or coming from a city. You use от when moving away from a person or the outside surface of something.
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