Speaking Politely in Plural

Quiz Question: How difficult is russian language?
Anwer: You cannot imagine.

Yesterday I have a serious argument with both my teacher and the director of the Russian Institute in Cyprus for the following sentence:

"В основании данных которые у меня имеются я сделал следующие выводы: После аварии оценщик написал в официальном отчете что по его-мнение в аварии виноваты Вы (I refer to only one woman)"

When you speak politely in complicated languages (German, Russian, Greek) we use plural in verbs:
1. I would like that you answer today, Sir! - Ya xotel by chtoby vy otvetili segodnya gospodin.

In adjectives in Greek and German the mestoimenie changes in plural but the adjective remains in the gender and number of the co-speaker
1. You are a very beautiful woman - Vy ochen krasivaya zhenshina.

Yesterday I learned that in the Russian language when we use kratkuiu formu of the adjective and the adjective changes into plural form:
- You are very beautiful (refer to one woman) = Vy ochen krasyvy

Honestly!!?!!!
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P.S. This post is here to discourage those that came in this forum to learn Russian in six months. Seriously guys ... go and find a real hobby.

Hmm, don't see any real problem here.

Вы очень красива - Вы очень красивы.

The first one doesn't sound all incorrect to me. Anyway, I agree that saying вы очень красивы is at least a bit better.

But I see what it is all about:

виноват вы - виноваты вы.

Yes, виноват вы is not what you use there

By the way:

На основании данных - That's a set phrase. Also it's better to say: На основании имеющихся у меня данных

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Originally Posted by iCake

The first one doesn't sound all incorrect to me. Anyway, I agree that saying вы очень красивы is at least a bit better.

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It probably doesn't sound incorrect, but, according to current grammar rules, it is.


Antonio1986, let me blow your brain a bit more. If you want to ask a woman, whether she's the only one, who wants an ice cream, you would say:
"Вы одна (!) хотите (!!!) мороженое?"

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Originally Posted by Suobig

It probably doesn't sound incorrect, but, according to current grammar rules, it is.


Antonio1986, let me blow your brain a bit more. If you want to ask a woman, whether she's the only one, who wants an ice cream, you would say:
"Вы одна (!) хотите (!!!) мороженое?"

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No difficult. The same structure in Greek Thanks God!!!

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Originally Posted by Antonio1986

No difficult. The same structure in Greek Thanks God!!!

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Yes, but "одна" is singular and "хотите" is plural. Is it the same way in Greek?

I think одна doesn't matter there as the verb responds to the plural вы and not to the singular одна :)

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Originally Posted by iCake

I think одна doesn't matter there as the verb responds to the plural вы and not to the singular одна :)

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Yes, but there's no logical way to understand why there is an agreement between "вы" and "хотите", but no agreement between "вы" и "одна" in one sentence.