Hello, 

Каждую ночь, вижу я сны

In that sentence from a song I notice that Кажлую ночь is in accusative form. However, I do not understand why it is accusative. Why not nominative? Why not Каждая ночь? I know сны is in accusative here because the action to see is directed on it. If anything, I would see каждую ночь be in dative here but I don't understand why it needs a case. 

Thanks in advance guys ! :D

Hello! 

I recently started learning Russian and even though I know that whenever you learn a language, you shouldn't try to copy another language you know and try to speak like Russians would instead of directly translating. However, it is still hard not to do that when you first start learning. 

So here is my issue or what I have been wondering about: Is it better to use English as a reference to translate to Russian or would French be better? Gramatically, is Russian, when spoken, closer to French or English? I don't know if this makes sense, I hope it does. But yes, I am studying Russian at an American university and I can't help trying to think in French while the class is in English. I feel like I need to think in only one language if I want to avoid being confused.