No. 7,181 in Russian
валера
"Валера" is a male given name in Russian, short for "Валерий" (Valeriy).
In a sentence
Валера любит играть на гитаре.
Valera loves playing the guitar.
Here, 'Валера' is used as a male proper noun representing a person's name.
Зайди к Валере за учебником.
Go to Valera to get the textbook.
In this sentence, 'Валере' is in the dative case, which is used to denote the indirect object of the verb.
Я послушал совет Валеры.
I followed Valera's advice.
'Валеры' is used in the genitive case to indicate possession, showing that the advice belongs to Valera.
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