Thread: it was her who arrived first

Originally Posted by alexsms

Если him = его, то:

The story was about him. = История была о ЕГО ?????

I was thinking in the instance of nominative vs accusative. But if you want to speak broadly, if you would say Он in Russian, say he. If you would say его, ему, им, or нем, say him. Likewise with она and she. Also if you would say Кто, say who. If you would say кого, кому, кем, or ком, say whom.

I can't think of any exceptions to this. Maybe you can help think something up.

Originally Posted by zxc

I was thinking in the instance of nominative vs accusative. But if you want to speak broadly, if you would say Он in Russian, say he. If you would say его, ему, им, or нем, say him. Likewise with она and she. Also if you would say Кто, say who. If you would say кого, кому, кем, or ком, say whom.

I can't think of any exceptions to this. Maybe you can help think something up.

Я тоже - Me too. Это я - It is me.

Originally Posted by Marcus

Я тоже - Me too. Это я - It is me.

This is sort of related to the argument of "This is he" vs "This is him."

While most people will say 'who' where 'whom' is appropriate or 'him' where 'he' is appropriate, 'It is I' and 'I as well' (where I acts as the subject and not the object) are grammatically correct.