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Saying that you "like" something in Russian uses a different structure to saying that you "love" something (я люблю). You would use мне нравится to me...

1. To convey the meaning "with"  (с) 2) After certain prepositions: за (behind), между (between), над (above), перед (in front of), под (beneath) 3) After certain verbs (заниматься (to practi...

The dative case.  This is a case used for indicating movement towards something, e.g. in the sentence 'give the book to me' the word 'me' takes the dative case.  The word мне thus means 'to me'.

Verbs in Russian change endings or 'decline' depending on who is speaking or being addressed. There are patterns which have to be learned for how to decline verbs, and although there are slight variations...

Многие студенты боятся экзаменов. Однако, если они - честолюбивые и трудолюбивые, то они преуспеют. 

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Множество студентов боятся экзаменов. Но если они стремятся к успеху и работают много,...