"Я бросаю яблоки в коробку."

Translation: I am throwing apples into the box.

[DaveDriese]

Ghetto sport for homeless people

[jtaylor162]

Correct scientific socialist analysis - this joke is the logical culmination of Gorbachevist гла́сность и перестройка!

[DanDuoru]

How so?

[Martin135869]

Баскетбол для гопников

[csharpmajor]

Can't this also be "I am throwing apples AT the box"?

[olimo]

At the box, meaning the apples are hitting the box but not falling into it? Yes, this can also be the meaning, but the first thing a native speaker would think of when hearing "Я бросаю яблоки в коробку" is that they are thrown into the box.

[Cloutier_Patrick]

How would it be made clear that they are being thrown at the box? (context?)

[olimo]

Context, yes. You'd have to add an explanation that you are throwing the apples not into the box, but at the box. You can also say "Я кидаю яблоками по коробке" - that would definitely mean throwing them at the box.

[csharpmajor]

Thanks!

[duolingoHepCat]

I was wrong for using "toss" instead of "throw" and am curious about the difference.

[john.newbe]

Apples will be less bruised !

[Martin135869]

Finally. A voice of reason.

[Chronomatex]

They're probably not considered synonyms.

[uq.]

i would like to think that "throwing" is overhand and "tossing" is underhand

[xuJC7]

When the noun ends in "у" for example: "в коробку" it means "to the box" and wheb the noun ends in "е" for example: "в коробке" it means "in the box"
Am I right?

[Amelia612870]

Pretty much, although the exact word endings for the different cases will depend on the word. It isn't always -у versus -e.

There are also a few exceptions (the "locative case" covered in the "Around You" lesson) where a stressed -у ending is used for saying that something happened "at/in" a place. The example in the notes is Мы в аэропорту́. = We are at the airport (https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Around-you)

[orcj_77]

what case is коробку and why?

[daughterofAlbion]

Accusative - because the apples are travelling towards it.

[LobsterGhost]

How can you tell when to use prepositional (в коробке) or accusative? Do you only use prepositional is state a location, and accusative for a destination?

[Shady_arc]

In this particular case it is rather easy.

Location is where action takes place. With в and на you use Prepositional (a.k.a. Locative) for the location.

Direction is the place where action goes (though it starts somewhere else). With в
and it requires Accusative.

• there are a tricky borderline cases with verbs of "putting" that allow two interpretations (to "move" the object from somewhere to a place X or to "leave" the object at a position X). Return to the topic a few months later :)

[Peter435682]

When designating motion towards, accompanied by the accusative, do we always use в even for locations with which we'd ordinarily use на?

[Paula156676]

Could this also be 'drop'? When you want someone to stop asking you something, you can say брось. Also, брось сумки?

[daughterofAlbion]

Isn't that like saying "chuck it" in English?

[0wI91]

No, it's like "drop the subject"
amirite?

[daughterofAlbion]

Yes, "chuck it" = "drop the subject".
But is Paula156676 correct in saying that брось can be used in this way?

[LLWYD]

could this mean to throw apples around whilst standing inside a giant box? if not, then the English translation should state 'into' the box

[qgcQ2]

Почему не подходит: I drop apples in the box ?

[Laurens110450]

How about basket instead of box?

[Shady_arc]

Almost correct. Here is a коробка.

[GregoryLCh]

Russell and Moore discuss apples in baskets:

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[QurtQurt]

I'm tossing apples into the box. - Accepted.

[Kendra800150]

Don't do that - they will get bruised!