Breakdown of У этих популярных блогеров нет фанатов.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
у
at, by
нет
there is no / is not present
популярный
popular
блогер
blogger
фанат
fan
Questions & Answers about У этих популярных блогеров нет фанатов.
The lesson is about the Accusative case for animate nouns, but aren't блогеров and фанатов in the Genitive case here?
Yes, you caught that! They are in the Genitive plural because of the preposition У and the word нет. However, because блогер and фанат are animate nouns (living beings), their Accusative plural forms are exactly the same as their Genitive plural forms. This sentence gives you great practice with these endings because if you said 'I see these popular bloggers' using the Accusative case, it would look identical: Я вижу этих популярных блогеров.
Can you remind me why the sentence starts with У instead of a normal subject?
In Russian, to say that someone 'has' something, you usually use the preposition У (by/at) followed by the possessor in the Genitive case. So У этих популярных блогеров literally translates to 'At these popular bloggers'. The thing they don't have comes later with нет.
Why is фанатов also in the Genitive case if it is the thing they do not have?
The word нет here means 'there are no'. In Russian, нет always requires the noun that follows it to be in the Genitive case, whether it is singular or plural. So the plural of фанат (fan) becomes the Genitive plural фанатов.
Why do both блогеров and фанатов end in -ов?
Both блогер and фанат are masculine nouns that end in a hard consonant. To form the Genitive plural for this type of noun, you add the ending -ов. Since these are animate nouns, remember that this is exactly what their Accusative plural endings look like too!
Why do the modifiers этих and популярных have slightly different endings?
They are both plural Genitive endings, but they belong to different word types. The word эти (these) changes to этих. Regular adjectives like популярные (popular) take the standard plural Genitive ending -ых, becoming популярных. They both match the plural Genitive noun блогеров.
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