Thread: Чтo: pronoun and conjunction

Two commentaries abt Чтo:
1) I see it among conjunctions (union / link words), even in cases where it is clearly a relative pronoun. For example: Я не понимаю то, что ты говоришь. For me it is clearly a pronoun: I don't understand that, what you say. Different case is: Я знаю, что ты прийдешь, obviously a conjunction.
2) Even used in cases where clearly it is a conjunction I see it suppresed sometimes. For example: Я знаю, (что) ты прийдешь

As for the first question it seems being in "no man's land" in this dichotomy and it is perhaps only matter of words; for the second question surely will be some rules. Won't they?
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Eh? What is the actual question?

Are there any rules about omission of Что in sentences like : "Я знаю (что), ты говоришь по-немецки" ?

it's better to use "придешь" (not "прийдешь").

Originally Posted by Оля

it's better to use "придешь" (not "прийдешь").

Of course it's better since "прийдешь" is grammatically incorrect

In the "List of russian verbs" attached to my grammar there is: приходить: прихож

Originally Posted by Vladi

Once it made clear, again, is there any rule about omission of что when used as an conjunction?

As far as I know, it is always required, you should never omit it.

"Я знаю, что ты придешь" is correct.

"Я знаю, ты придешь" is a grammatically incomplete sentence.

However, were you to punctuate that sentence with a period instead of a comma, you'd get two grammatically correct sentences that would sound exactly the same as your example (though it wouldn't mean exactly the same thing or be suitable in the same context):

"Я знаю. ты придешь"

I do not know grammar rules, so I may be mistaken.

Что with logical stress (equivalent to English "what") is never omitted.
Я знаю, что вы делали прошлым летом.

If что is the coordinating conjunction (English "that"), it depends on the information in the coordinared sentence. If it is new and/or significant, the conjuncion is not omitted.

Originally Posted by Vadim84

Originally Posted by Оля

it's better to use "придешь" (not "прийдешь").

Of course it's better since "прийдешь" is grammatically incorrect

Насколько я знаю, это просто устаревший вариант.

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