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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 1 of 5 16 January 2012 at 6:33pm | IP Logged |
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I've noticed that you have many words for "it" in Russian.
это, он, она, оно, and I think there is another one. I just can't think of it right now. I know that the latter three words can also mean for he, she, (neuter form it). Where does Это come into this (I know it can also be "this" also)? Edited by zekecoma on 16 January 2012 at 6:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4958 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 2 of 5 16 January 2012 at 6:46pm | IP Logged |
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If you are new to languages with genders, just remember that you refer to it with the
pronoun of the corresponding gender. Я имею стол. Он в море. зто does mean "this" but just like in English, you would say, This is cool. However, in Russian I assume it needs to correspond to the correct gender, which I think are этот это эта. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5057 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 3 of 5 16 January 2012 at 6:50pm | IP Logged |
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Это can be neuter singualar for this, it can mean "this is" or "it is" (like it's a pen),
it can also be a particle between the subject and the predicate if both are nouns: Москва - это столица России. It can be used like it's ... which/that/who: Это ты должен платить мне деньги. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 4 of 5 16 January 2012 at 7:17pm | IP Logged |
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As a non-native speaker of English I (used to?) need to remind myself to say "it" when I'm tempted to use "this" (which is more similar to our это than "it"). Basically, it does mean "this" but we just use it more.
It's also used as a filler, similar to "so", maybe. Kinda like a natural continuation of ээээ:) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5345 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 5 of 5 17 January 2012 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks guys :)
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