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"What do horses eat?"
Translation:Что едят лошади?
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If you hear the o in идиот then be concerned, if its я its all good.
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If you have ever heard how some people pronounce idiot it isn't far off from едят. Most of us pronounce the o that sounds more like an i. Id-dee-it.
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Both sentences are interchangeable. The first one is "What do horses EAT?" while the second is "What do HORSES eat?" They both mean the same thing, it's just the emphasis changes.
Yeah, I read that it's putting emphasis on different parts of the sentence. I would think that's more significant with statements than with questions, though. You know, like "Собаки едят всё!" and "Собаки всё едят!". Not sure which part get the emphasis though...
I think they're interchangeable for the most part but yeah, I believe the subject usually goes at the end in Russian. It's been a bit since I've taken Russian so don't quote me on that, haha.
Ja, richtig. Das ist fuer "они". Ich werde dir helfen: Я ем, он ест, ты ешь, мы едим, вы едите, они едят. Hier, diese Seite wird mit den anderen Verben helfen: http://learnrussian.rt.com/grammar-tables/personal-endings-of-russian-verbs/
so how do you tell the difference of 'what eats horse' and ' what does horse eat'.
If I'm understanding your question, I think you are asking how to tell which is the subject and which is the direct object. The subject or subject pronoun will be in Nominative case, and the direct object will be in accusative case, regardless of some changes to the word order. Since 'что' looks the same in both cases, that doesn't help, so look at other words to work it out. 'Лошадь' is Nominative, so that means it has to be the subject of the sentence. Hope that helps.
Oops, my mistake. I see the better clue is verb with plural agreement signals subject is plural.
Ooooh, i feel like I'm going to visit Ukraine and ask someone in Russian what is eating the horses...
how would you transcribe едят latin alphabet? I try as well as I can to write ediat, but it won't have it.
Едят would be transcribed as yedyat. I would suggest, if you are able, downloading a language pack for your phone, or using the Russian keyboard that Duolingo provides if you are using a computer. It makes the Duolingo experience much more enjoyable.
Can someone please tell me the conjugation of the verb to eat in russian?
