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    Gender agreement with чей

    We say:

    Чей это комната?
    Чей это дом?
    Чей это кольцо?
    Чей это коньки?

    Why doesn't the demonstrative pronoun "это" agree in gender and number with the nouns it modifies? Why not:

    Чей эта комната?
    Чей этот дом?
    Чей эти коьнки?

    Thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joeblough10 View Post
    We say:

    Чей это комната?
    Чей это дом?
    Чей это кольцо?
    Чей это коньки?

    Why doesn't the demonstrative pronoun "это" agree in gender and number with the nouns it modifies? Why not:

    Чей эта комната?
    Чей этот дом?
    Чей эти коьнки?

    Thank you.
    Who are "we"? Why do you say so?

    Please say like this:
    Чья это комната?
    Чей это дом?
    Чьё это кольцо?
    Чьи это коньки?

    But:
    Эта комната... чья она?
    Эти коньки... Они чьи?

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    Quote Originally Posted by joeblough10 View Post
    We say:

    Чья это комната?
    Чей это дом?
    Чьё это кольцо?
    Чьи это коньки?

    Why doesn't the demonstrative pronoun "это" agree in gender and number with the nouns it modifies? Why not:

    Чья эта комната?
    Чей этот дом?
    Чьи эти коньки?

    Thank you.
    "Чей" should agree in number/gender/case anyway.

    Actually both groups of questions above are correct, but they have slightly different meanings.

    Чья это комната? "Whose room is this?" - here "это"="this" does not really modify noun "room", but refer to some undefined object. "Whose room is this object?"

    Чья эта комната? "Whose is this room?" - here "эта"="this" does modify noun "room" and agrees with it.

    The first way is more common though.
    "Россия для русских" - это неправильно. Остальные-то чем лучше?

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