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… and the next grammar point is all about the phrasing of telling your name or asking someone's name. Which is about the same as it is in most languages.

-- Как вас зовут?
-- Меня зовут Кирилл.
-- А как зовут вашего брата и вашу сестру?
-- Их зовут Дима и Соня.
-- А как зовут ваших родителей?
-- Их зовут Владимир Александрович и Мария Петровна.

The words in bold are in accusative case, direct objects.

The accusative case, usage of. (UGH.)

The accusative case is used:

• for direct objects
  Меня зовут Иван.
  Я читаю русскую газету, а Ваня читает русский журнал
  
  After the prepositions в and на to answer the question куда
  Мы идём в библиотеку. Потом мы идём в музей.
  Студенты идут на лекцию.
  
  In many expressions of time. So far we have gone through
  В + day of the week for on a day of the week
  Мы отдыхаем в субботу.
  
  На + number of years comparing ages (this is most obvious with one year):
  Мой брат старше меня на год.
  
  And tomorrow I will go over them again, I guess, since it's getting late and they do have exercises at the end of a bunch more review.
  
  Also, I'm watching Season 2 of Life. Guess whose fault that is.

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Wall o' Deutsch again, now with translations a half-assed attempt at translation because apparently my inner thermostat is broken, and set to either 'swelter' or 'freeze,' ugh. More translation tomorrow.

( Wall o' Deutsch )