Thread: The usage of "то"...

i was trying to show that что and то are not one and the same in Russian, although into English they could be translated with just one word that

Yes, though I'm still not entirely sure how to differentiate them. I think my problem is the difficulty at grasping "demonstrative case"... in my mind it means "accusative case".. but how do you build a sentence with that? oohhh.....head hurts... ohhh..Russian...почему вы должно быт такый трудный?...

Originally Posted by Valda

Yes, though I'm still not entirely sure how to differentiate them. I think my problem is the difficulty at grasping "demonstrative case"... in my mind it means "accusative case".. but how do you build a sentence with that? oohhh.....head hurts... ohhh..Russian...почему вы должно быт такый трудный?...

i think you confuse things, there's no demonstrative case, it's the pronoun which is demonstrative тот/та/эти/это etc. because they point at objects out there

so wasn't Hebrew example helpful? i believe it illustrates the idea pretty accurately

Originally Posted by Crocodile

I want to say a phrase, which would convey the meaning: "I like you". => Я хочу тебе сказать, что ты мне нравишься.

as conjunction which is not что, but который

Originally Posted by LXNDR

i think you confuse things, there's no demonstrative case, it's the pronoun which is demonstrative тот/та/эти/это etc. because they point at objects out there

so wasn't Hebrew example helpful? i believe it illustrates the idea pretty accurately



as conjunction which is not что, but который

You said that:

"in Hebrew что is ma and she-"

What does it leave for то/тот/та?

Originally Posted by LXNDR

I want to say a phrase, which would convey the meaning: "I like you". => Я хочу тебе сказать, что ты мне нравишься.

as conjunction which is not что, but который

Yes, if you want to translate that word for word. All I wanted, was to demonstrate the difference, since Valda was confused how "that" could be used for two different purposes.