Gender/Number

**Woland** · June 18th, 2005, 03:46 PM

How would you translate into Russian...

"my brother and sister"

Thanks

**pranki** · June 18th, 2005, 04:21 PM

I think the best translation is "Мои брат и сестра"

**fantom605** · June 18th, 2005, 04:45 PM

So, if you're talking about two different genders, you would just use the first? For instance, you wouldn't say "Мои брат и моя сестра"?
-Fantom

**pranki** · June 18th, 2005, 05:20 PM

"Мой брат и моя сестра" is correct. Somebody can say also "Мой брат и сестра"... But, in my humble opinion, "Мои брат и сестра" sounds best.

**Rtyom** · June 18th, 2005, 07:03 PM

Брат и сестра here are understood as the whole. The whole comprising two objects, so to say. And thus the plural form of the pronoun is used.

**fantom605** · June 18th, 2005, 08:48 PM

aah, I see. Duh, I forgot that "Mои" is plural and "Мой" is singular masculine...

-Fantom

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