In a phrase
посадку на Луну предшествовали трениров
аочные полеты
The ending -у of the word "посадка" does not sound right for me.
What is the proper ending to use in such case?
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4You are supposed to make an effort yourself before asking for help. Предшествовать requires a dative noun, so (look-up ru.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/посадка) it's посадке.– AlexVBCommented Jun 12, 2018 at 17:32
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@AlexVB Hi. Nothing to do with the question itself, but the interface of the Russian Wiki on your link is quite different from the one that I'm familiar with. How come? :) ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/… Your version is much easier to read.– Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCommented Jun 12, 2018 at 17:58
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2@Alone-zee it's a mobile version, the URL is ru.M.wiktionary.org– Баян Купи-каCommented Jun 12, 2018 at 19:14
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Great that you have a feeling that it's wrong. But notice that if the word was masculine, the correct (dative) ending would often be -y: полету на Луну предшествовали испытания.– ZeusCommented Jun 14, 2018 at 14:34
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Corrected: "посадке на Луну предшествовали тренировочные полеты". Dative case used: "to which [Moon landing] something [training flights] was something [forerunner]".
Accusative is governed by another verb, synonymous to предшествовать, namely предварять
посадку на Луну предваряли тренировoчные полеты
Semantically they're not completely identical, but still can be used as substitutes of each other.
answered Jun 12, 2018 at 19:25
