Thread: Two questions involving "it"

Originally Posted by Dreams

1. When you refer to an unknown object in Russian, do you use 'oн', 'oна' or 'oнo'? I mean, when you don't know the gender of the noun because the noun is unknown. Like, 'What is it?' Or, 'I think it is...' (etc).

Это or оно, depending on context. For example, "What is it?" = "Что это?"

Originally Posted by Dreams

Or is 'егo' just for the masculine & neuter 'it' (and 'him'), while 'её' is for the feminine 'it' (and 'her')?

That's correct.

Thank you!