What are "cases" in Russian?

It's one of the things that can sound scary about Russian: those six cases, with all their endings. But what is a case? What's it for, how do cases let you express different nuances, and what's the best way to approach them?

In this video let's de-mystify the basic concepts of cases. It's an update of a much earlier video with updated graphics and improved sound.

TYPO alert: at 1:35 the stress on она́ should of course be on the 2nd syllable. Sigh.

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