Thread: Chapter 26 questions

Originally Posted by iCake

Смогу is a first person declension and you obviously need a third person one in there

iCake,

That's a big help, thank you.

But for the last one, aren't they inviting you, тебя? Wouldn't the response be Смогу?

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

I don't understand the correct answer here. In the exercise there is a female name then a male name, both in the nominative and I need to write a sentence saying the female got married to the male. For this example, the names given are Майя and Андрей Шаховской. Doesn't the male name have to be in the accusative? Would the response be Майя вышла замуж за Андрею Шаховского or something else?

just a bit of misunderstanding here ) First "за АндреЯ Шаховского". Second "(the nominative is Шаховскои)" - ШаховскоЙ
These 2 little incorrections make me think that a real last name of Андрей is ШаховскИЙ. The both of Шаховской and Шаховский may be a correct russian last names. What's intertesting, both of them will be the same in accusative - Шаховского. The only difference might be in voice pronouncing. If it's Шаховский, the accent will be at ШахОвского, and if it's Шаховской, the accent will be at ШаховскОго. Hope this helps )

Originally Posted by zorro

But for the last one, aren't they inviting you, тебя? Wouldn't the response be Смогу?

seems like you are 100% right though

A couple more questions...

Is this correct, should it be imperfective? Говорят, что Надежда будет выходить замуж на будущей неделе.

In the first sentence here, is писать used and not написать because it's negative?
What about the order of the pronoun objects in the second sentence? Is it correct?
Я не хочу писать ему письмо.
Пусть Наташа ему его напишет.

In this sentence, is the verb "fly" correct?
Ваня видел (the airplanes fly over the lake).
Ваня видел, как самолёты летали над озером.

Should the second verb here be imperfective? Мы слышали, как она пела.

What about this translation?
They were talking about how cold they were in Irkutsk.
Они говорили о том, как им холодно было в Иркутске.

How about this one?
Until Robert learned to speak Russian, no one invited him to parties and housewarmings.
До того, как Роберт научился говорить по-русски, никто не пригласил его на вечера и новоселья.

Thanks for any help,
Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Is this correct, should it be imperfective? Говорят, что Надежда будет выходить замуж на будущей неделе.

No, it should be perfective: «Говорят, что Надежда выйдет замуж на будущей неделе».

Originally Posted by zorro

In the first sentence here, is писать used and not написать because it's negative?
Я не хочу писать ему письмо.

Yes. «хочу написать» but «не хочу писать».

Originally Posted by zorro

What about the order of the pronoun objects in the second sentence? Is it correct?
Пусть Наташа ему его напишет.

Yes. And the inverse order is also correct: «Пусть Наташа его ему напишет».

Originally Posted by zorro

In this sentence, is the verb "fly" correct?
Ваня видел (the airplanes fly over the lake).
Ваня видел, как самолёты летали над озером.

Yes.

Originally Posted by zorro

Should the second verb here be imperfective? Мы слышали, как она пела.

Yes, it’s correct.

Originally Posted by zorro

What about this translation?
They were talking about how cold they were in Irkutsk.
Они говорили о том, как им холодно было в Иркутске.

Great.

Originally Posted by zorro

How about this one?
Until Robert learned to speak Russian, no one invited him to parties and housewarmings.
До того, как Роберт научился говорить по-русски, никто не пригласил его на вечера и новоселья.

It should be «…никто не приглашал его…».

Originally Posted by Soft sign

It should be «…никто не приглашал его…».

Is this imperfective because it never happened?

Thanks so much for your help.

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Is this imperfective because it never happened?

Thanks so much for your help.

Z

That's imperfective because it's the same "stretched in time" thing I explained you before. It's like TILL a certain moment no one had ever invited him.

However, let's contrast this thing.

Но никто не пригласил его... This is a good Russian if you mean that he expected someone to invite him to a PARTICULAR party. This would be a one-time action there because the party is only one party

Which leads me to a better way to explain the "stretched in time" thing for you for this example.

Никто не приглашал его... Here you can easily say that all those parties he weren't invited to didn't happen all at once, they happened through time, one after the other

I hope this helps. See you