No. 2,058 in Russian
денис
"Денис" is a Russian male given name, equivalent to "Denis" in English.
In a sentence
Денис пошёл в магазин.
Denis went to the store.
Here, 'Денис' is used as a proper noun, designating a person's name, serving as the subject of the sentence.
Ты говоришь о нашем друге Денисе?
Are you talking about our friend Denis?
In this sentence, 'Денисе' is the prepositional case of the proper noun 'Денис', used because the verb 'говоришь о' requires this case for its object.
Дениса не было на встрече.
Denis was not at the meeting.
Here, 'Дениса' is the genitive case of the name 'Денис', used in a negative construct indicating the absence of Denis at the meeting.
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