"Это мои тетради."

Translation: These are my notebooks.

[hillerburton]

Why is "это" used here versus the plural "эти"?

[olimo]

эти тетради = these notebooks

Это тетради. = These are notebooks.

[MauriceReeves]

Спасибо!

[Andrs374600]

Buena esa parcero

[gh5908]

I am 41. This is the first foreign language I have studied. эти эта это этот....:(

[MauriceReeves]

Take heart, it's actually not as complex as it appears at first glance, and could definitely be harder. Usually, with language learning, you hit walls, and you struggle for a while, but then you have a breakthrough and it all makes sense.

Keep at it, and don't get discouraged. It will do wonders for your brain and for you as a person.

[gh5908]

спасибо!

[_Maria_B._]

Truth!

[ElenaMFF]

gh5908, I've found that it helps to watch Russian TV on Netflix or Prime Video, in order to hear a variety of people speaking the language. Its also kind of cool when you hear words or phrases you recognize from your lessons:-)

[Pd3A0J]

Yes....it really works

[Tom-U]

Why the и in the end, not ы?

[alinarj7]

If a singular word ends in ь, the plural version of it will end in и instead of ы :)

[Poke-Strokem]

So plural of мать will be мати?

[M3zY10]

Мамы, матери

[Abhijeet_GS]

Why is the first 'т' in тетради pronounced as 'ч' ?

[OlgaMishur1]

Not sound "Ч" (ch), but Мягкий "Т", soft sound T, because after "Т" - letter E, vowel "Е", it softens hard "Т".
Also softens the Rassian letter "И", for example, ТИ , - in words - ТИр, деТИ, ТИм. As in the word "TEA"

[alanvoe]

The male voice pronounces the д in "тетради" as [g].

[Charlinhow]

I have checked on forvo and Google and there it sounds like [d], which is what I was expecting. I'm checking pronunciation too often for Russian unfortunately :/

[PhreeDahm]

So Эти = These...
Это = These are, This, This is and Is this?
Этот = That..., That is, Is That?

[Ashish169]

What is difference between 'моя', 'мои' and 'мой' ?

[BoMyK]

"моя" is used with feminine nouns in the singular;
"мои" is used with nouns in the plural;
"мой" is used with masculine nouns in the singular.

[Tuxu11]

as far as i know Вот means "here" in the sense of it's being present in the immediate surroundings so it wouldn't cut it as a substitute for "this".

[Punkmom]

I have read that вот is more like "behold" (or "voila"), which we sometimes render in English as "here." I check to see if I can substitute "behold" for "here." If yes, вот. If no, здись.

[x3jo8hIZ]

Isnt вот the right therme instead of это?

[Bogdan444400]

Это = this is
Вот = here is

[evataizeb]

I put мое тетрадь because it sounded like it and got it right ?

[alanvoe]

That is wrong.

1) Тетрадь is the singular form and it is a feminine noun, so it would require моя instead of мое.

2) This Russian sentence is in the plural. The nominative plural possessive pronoun Мои sounds different from the nominative singular possessive pronouns and the plural form тетради sounds different from the singular form тетрадь.

[allen450176]

I answer it with это мои тетрада and got it correct :|

[Ultixa]

I've write it correct, ❤❤❤ is wrong with u Duo

[Josh699563]

Is тетради really that hard to pronounce or is Duolingo just really bad at accepting it? To my ears it sounds like I'm saying it exactly as the example says it but it refuses to accept it.

[m2Xj12]

Bro ❤❤❤❤ this