Word order when naming things/people
I'm going to ask my professor this question tomorrow in class, but I'll ask here anyway.
In English, you generally put the pronoun me or I at the end of the list of people/things you were enumerating. Such as: My brother and I went to the movies. I and my brother just sounds really off, and Me and my brother just doesn't work either (often said in conversations though, but still sounds bad).
So, does Russian have a similar word order? I know it's fluid because of the case system, but is there some rule that the first person should come first or last?
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Originally Posted by MilesAway
I'm going to ask my professor this question tomorrow in class, but I'll ask here anyway.
In English, you generally put the pronoun me or I at the end of the list of people/things you were enumerating. Such as: My brother and I went to the movies. I and my brother just sounds really off, and Me and my brother just doesn't work either (often said in conversations though, but still sounds bad).
So, does Russian have a similar word order? I know it's fluid because of the case system, but is there some rule that the first person should come first or last?
"My brother and I" is correct grammatically, but I disagree that "Me and my brother" doesn't work or sounds bad; I'd even say it has been accepted as being grammatically correct now.
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>>>I sometimes heard : my mother and "me" went to the mall. Do natives use me instead of I in this case ? It seems to be a grammatical mistake. <<<
It is a grammatical error that many native speakers (US) make. It should be, "My mother and *I* went to the mall. My cousin, Brenda, went with my mother and *me*." (c)
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Originally Posted by vox05
>>>I sometimes heard : my mother and "me" went to the mall. Do natives use me instead of I in this case ? It seems to be a grammatical mistake. <<<
It is a grammatical error that many native speakers (US) make. It should be, "My mother and *I* went to the mall. My cousin, Brenda, went with my mother and *me*." (c)
"Me and my mother" and (less commonly) "My mother and me" are technically grammatical errors, but a LOT of people do say such things, in fact, I myself say "Me and my friend went to the cinema", I know it really should be "My friend and I..." but it sounds formal and, to be honest, a bit weird in normal, everyday conversation.
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Originally Posted by TATY
"Me and my mother" and (less commonly) "My mother and me" are technically grammatical errors, but a LOT of people do say such things, in fact, I myself say "Me and my friend went to the cinema", I know it really should be "My friend and I..." but it sounds formal and, to be honest, a bit weird in normal, everyday conversation.
OMG! :o
You're going to have to turn in your Grammar Nazi badge. There will be a formal ceremony later where your buttons and insignia are torn off by your peers in turns.
It only sounds formal if you're using that hoity-toity British accent. It sounds perfectly normal to use good grammar in an American accent. :P
If only good grammar sounded "normal" in any accent. ::sigh::
