Thread: Really confused on gender of words....

These are different possessive pronouns and the appropriate question word given in their three different gender forms. The first word for instance means "whose?", the second "my", the third "your" and so on, which in Russian, in contrast to English, all carry gender information. For example, "машина", "car", is feminine. Therefore "whose car is this?" is "чья эта машина?" and "it's my car" is "эта моя машина".

Originally Posted by bitpicker

Therefore "whose car is this?" is "чья эта машина?" and "it's my car" is "эта моя машина".

It should be "это", even though it sounds the same.
But: Эта машина - моя.

This book is just an introductory course. Junior and Senior year I'll be doing dual enrolment and will be taking Russian college classes.