Thread: Few Stray Questions

Originally Posted by RedFox

Normally, a russian sentence has structure topic + comment:
Я уезжаю в Москву завтра. - "я" is a topic (i.e. what is your sentence about) and "уезжаю в Москву завтра" is a comment (i.e. information your sentence provides).

You cannot omit a pronoun if it is in the comment:
Завтра в Москву уезжаю я. (а не кто-то другой) - in this sentence, "я" is the main information, so it cannot be dropped.

both Уезжаю в Москву завтра. and Завтра в Москву уезжаю. without the "Я" sound pretty good to me.

Originally Posted by RedFox

When you have no context (i.e. just starting conversation) or change topic, you should keep a pronoun:
Я пойду купаться в озере, ты идешь со мной? - "Я пойду" - the beginning of the conversation; "ты идешь" - the topic changed.

Пойду купаться в озере, ты идешь со мной? also sounds ok to me. ЧЯДН?

Originally Posted by RedFox

So, in general... when in doubt, don't drop a pronoun.