Вас vs вы vs Ваш/Ваша

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could explain to me the difference between these three - they seem to both mean 'you' however they are used in different contexts and I was wondering what the rule is? Sorry if this is basic but I've searched the net and found nothing.

Thank you very much :)

анна

Вопрос в падежах. A question is in cases.
Кого? - Вас (you)
Кто? Who? - Вы (you)
Чья? Чей? Чьё? - Ваша, Ваш, Ваше (yours)


For example:
Who do you see? - Кого Вы видите? - Вас!
Whose this jacket? - Yours! Чья эта куртка? - Ваша!

http://www.seelrc.org:8080/grammar/main ... nguageID=6 - Pronouns (clickable on the left side).

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Приветик!
Даааа...
Уж извините, еще не разобралась, что к чему...:)

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Originally Posted by Eugenia

Приветик!
Даааа...
Уж извините, еще не разобралась, что к чему...:)

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Да ты что? Не за что извиняться. Живой ответ всегда лучше.

Thank you all for your responses :)

One last question - so what is the difference between Вас and вы? Are they interchangeable? Can you just use either....

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

Thank you all for your responses :)

One last question - so what is the difference between Вас and вы? Are they interchangeable? Can you just use either....

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It's the case again. Вы - the nominative case, вас - genitive, accusative, вам - dative, вами - instrumental, о вас - prepositional.

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

One last question - so what is the difference between Вас and вы? Are they interchangeable? Can you just use either....

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It's like "I" and "me" in English.

Read about cases... well... anywhere. :)

http://russian.speak7.com/russian_cases.htm