No. 10,107 in Russian
басню
A fable.
In a sentence
Он рассказал забавную басню на уроке.
He told a funny fable in class.
The word "басню" (basnyu) is used in the accusative case of the noun "басня" to indicate the object of the action "рассказал" (told), meaning he shared a fable.
Я прочитал интересную басню в книге.
I read an interesting fable in a book.
The word "басню" here again is in the accusative case, used as the direct object of "прочитал" (read), denoting the specific piece of literature.
Дети писали собственные басни для домашнего задания.
The children wrote their own fables for homework.
In this sentence, "басни" is plural and in the accusative case, showing that the children composed several fables.
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