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"This table is mine, not yours."
Translation:Этот стол мой, не ваш.
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Is writing "этот мой стол" , (thus changing the order of the words) really wrong? Does it change the meaning of the sentence?
But even if you did use это, I think the correct translation is the one from Duolingo, since it emphasises your possession of the table (This table is MINE - мой at the end of the sentence for emphasis).
That would mean something like "This is my table", except I don't think you can use этот, and thus the sentence is grammatically incorrect. You'd need to use это, which means "this is", as in это мой стол.
What is the difference between это, этот and этом? I wrote это here and it came out wrong.
это стол - it is a table; this table - этот стол; on this table - на этом соле
Thank you! They didn't tell any of that in the tips, so it gets confusing
это can also be use as demonstrative adjectives in something neuter, e.g. это яблоко = this apple
I think it has to do with the formalness, твой is less polite and ваш is more polite. But if it said you were wrong for твой then i dont know. If you know french, it's probably like tu and vous
I made the same mistake as Chilotin. In French we have tu and vous. Thus I thought it was also the same in Russian.
I was asking myself the same question at first, then I realized something. Two of the choices are нет ваш and нет твой, while only one choice is НЕ ваш. I think that might be what we are getting wrong? That it should be не and not нет. I think. I am not a native speaker. XD
Yea, i wrote этот мой стол and i got it wrong. Why is "this is my table" versus "this table is mine" wrong?
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это = (similar to) this is этот = this ...
In english, we have a tons of usage for "this", and two of them are, This is a table. This: Noun This table is mine. This: Adjective
Unlike English, you have to separate them into это and этот. Это стол. : This is a(the) table. Зтот стол мой. : This table is mine.
Why is "..не твоё" but "не вас" right? There is no formality implied here..
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Не вас for genitive case, because стол is masculine, it should be не ваш, не твоё is neuter. HTHS
I think the issue with the твой option is that they only give you the option for твоя, in the feminine form, and it should agree with стол, which is masculine.
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Не Вас is for genitive case, стол is masculine,so it should be не ваш, not не твоё which is neuter.
I said "This table is mine, It is not yours." And it said it was incorrect
Because it would imply a feminine object like it would be the case with сумка-purse, стол is masculine
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ваш: masculine + only w/ masc. N ваша: feminine + only w/ fem. N
стол is masculine noun, so you must use it with ваш in the sentence.
ваш стол ⭕ ваша стол ❌
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My answer: "этот стол мой не ваш" was marked wrong. I can't understand why. It is the first time that duolingo counts punctuation
It is a bit unfair that it is not always clear if you or yours is singular or plural in English and there are not two options accepted for the russian translation
