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HOW TO SAY “I NEED” IN RUSSIAN #learnrussian #russiangrammar #easyrussian #russianlanguage

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How do you say "I need" in Russian? We use two very similar words for it. "Nada" and "nuzhna". So "I need" is either "me nada" or "me nuzhna". They're pretty much the same. For example, "I need to work" or "I gotta work" is "me nada работать" or "me nuzhna работать". "Me" is the daily form of "ya". So literally "me nada" or "me nuzhna" means "to me" or "for me", it's necessary. What do you need? What do you need? What do you need? What do you need? What do you need? The only difference between "nada" and "nuzhna" is that "nada" cannot be used with nouns. "Nuzhna" can. And then "nuzhna" also needs to be agreed by gender with the object of "need". For example, "Dom" is masculine. "I need a house". "Me nuzhna" "Dom". "Machina" is feminine. "I need a car". "Me nuzhna" "Machina". "Vremy time is newter" so "me nuzhna" "Vremy" and even plural "dengi". "Me nuzhna" "dengi". "I need money". Don't worry all.