Yes, acc of the possessive pronouns that tell about the things is like Nominative; but the acc of the pronouns that tell about people and animals is equal with Gen: Я вижу твой дом; Я вижу твоего друга.
The personal pronouns acc=gen: Я- меня- мне- меня-мной- обо мне
I write about in my course for A2 in the Russian library here: Грамматические модели.
Good luck!
if you are referring to animate objects, e.g. people or animals, the form of the pronoun that you should use is identical to the genitive. For reference to inanimate objects, use the other form.
Authentically helpful ! I didn’t know this fact cuz I haven’t finished your Russian learning collection ‘Русский с нуля’,which is for absolute beginners. Большое спасибо!
Beg pardon for a somewhat macabre issue I’m going to bring up but it’s only for grammar sake! =))
Based upon the knowledge of genetive and accusative plural forms is it possible to tell which of the two, ‘the deads’ or ‘the corpses’ is grammatically animate in Russian and which is inanimate?
This was one of our entrance exams questions, actually, to test our real knowledge of Russian as a mother tongue !
If “труп” is the word for corpse you mean, then it is inanimate in the acc. plural (трупы), I think, but the word you mean for “the deads” I do not know. Is this what you were asking?
Hi ! =))) Yes! =)) You are absolutely right! It’s the formal principle itself that matters here! =))) The second word in that question was (мертвецы) .
The explanation given to us was: if the accusative plural coincides with the nominative plural, it’s inanimate, if with the genetive plural, it’s animate ! =))