No. 611 in Russian
николай
"Николай" is the Russian form of the name "Nicholas."
In a sentence
Николай пришёл домой.
Nikolai came home.
Here, 'Николай' is a proper noun, the name of a person, subject of the sentence.
Я познакомился с Николаем сегодня утром.
I met Nikolai this morning.
'Николаем' is the instrumental case of the proper noun 'Николай' used after the verb познакомиться, meaning 'to get acquainted with'.
Мой друг Николай любит читать.
My friend Nikolai loves to read.
'Николай' again functions as a proper noun here, being the subject performing the action of reading.
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