Thread: Chapter 27 questions

Originally Posted by zorro

Wouldn't письмо have to be in the genitive письма because it's the direct object of a negated verb?

The rules of using genitive and accusative with negated verbs are somewhat complicated.
In that particular case, there should be accusative, because the direct object is definite ("the letter").
Here is a detailed description: http://www.evartist.narod.ru/text1/66.htm#%D0%B7_04
Hope it helps.

RedFox,

Thanks for the link. That's really a great resource for detailed explanations of grammar. "Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish. Did you know that?

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

"Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish. Did you know that?

Нет, не знал об этом.