Russian words for her / she question
I am a relative beginner and have been studying Russian on my own for about a year. I am in the second edition of Pimsleur and have a question . One of the things I find confusing about the language is that they use different words for the same english word depending on the context it is used in. For example I have learned 3 different ways to say the word her or she
1) Ana - her / she
2) Yee You (EE with little dots over the second E) - she
3) Yeahh - her
I am confused as to which one to use and when. They seem to interchange. Any help would be appreciated.
Scott
Re: Russian words for her / she question
You = ю
Yoh = ё (e with little dots) /it sounds like spanish "Yo" - "I"/
"Её" sounds "yee yo", but not "yee you"
Она (ona) = she
Её (yee yo) = her
"Yeahh" - I don't know this word.
Re: Russian words for her / she question
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Originally Posted by Оля
You = ю
Yoh = ё (e with little dots) /it sounds like spanish "Yo" - "I"/
"Её" sounds "yee yo", but not "yee you"
Она (ona) = she
Её (yee yo) = her
"Yeahh" - I don't know this word.
I think they meant Ей.
Re: Russian words for her / she question
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Originally Posted by scott
I am a relative beginner and have been studying Russian on my own for about a year. I am in the second edition of Pimsleur and have a question . One of the things I find confusing about the language is that they use different words for the same english word depending on the context it is used in. For example I have learned 3 different ways to say the word her or she
1) Ana - her / she
2) Yee You (EE with little dots over the second E) - she
3) Yeahh - her
I am confused as to which one to use and when. They seem to interchange. Any help would be appreciated.
Scott
You need to learn cases. Pimsleur is useless, don't use it. Use a proper course that teaches grammar.
Она = she
Её = her (when 'she' is the firect object)
Ей = "to her", also expresses direction to her, or "with her", "by her".
They are not used interchangeably, they are governed by strict rules of grammar.
You shouldn't be looking at how the word is in English, but more the words grammatical funciton in English.
Can you not see that in English
"She is pretty"
and
"I like her"
The "She" and "Her" have different grammatical functions?
We have two words in English - She and Her. They are used in various different gramatical contructions.