Thread: Yulia Savicheva - Esli v serdtse zhivyot

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

Sorry for the extremely offtopic note, but I got a grammar-related issue here:

It's about "Целый мир освещают твои глаза". The subject and the direct object are both inanimate, their accusative case are therefore identical to nominative. Of course, there's no ambiguity here, because "освещают" is a plural verb and obviously refers to "глаза". But what if it was something like "Целый мир освещает твое лицо"? Now which one is being illuminated by which one?

Yes, in this situation the meaning would be ambiguous. Either the whole world illuminates your face or your face illuminates the whole world. You can only judge by context (or take whichever meaning you like).

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