Two questions involving "it"
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).
2. My book did not cover this next thing properly. When saying 'its', do you use 'егo' for all forms - masc, fem, neut? Or is 'егo' just for the masculine & neuter 'it' (and 'him'), while 'её' is for the feminine 'it' (and 'her')?
Re: Two questions involving "it"
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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?"
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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.