Russian grammar - Questions in the prepositional case |
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We saw earlier that the prepositional case answers the question где? (where?) - as in 'where is something?', or 'where is something happening?'. We can also use the prepositional case to ask questions like 'about what?' and 'about whom?' using the interrogative words 'what' and 'who'. To do this we need the prepositional forms of these interrogative words: • о ком (corresponding to кто) means 'about whom' • о чём (corresponding to что) means 'about what' |
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О чём вы пишете?
What are you (formal) writing about?
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О чём вы говорите?
What are you (plural) speaking about?
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О чём эта книга?
What is this book about?
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Это книга об истории.
It is a book about history.
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О ком этот фильм?
Who is this movie about?
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О ком они говорят?
About whom are they talking?
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О чём он пишет?
What is he writing about?
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Где они это делают?
Where are they doing it? |
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На чём пишет ребёнок?
On what is the child writing?
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Он пишет на бумаге.
He is writing on paper.
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На ком моя шляпа?
On whom is my hat?
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