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"This is Vera. What do you know about her?"
Translation:Это Вера. Что ты о ней знаешь?
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"Что о ней вы знаете" sounds unnatural. The better options are: Что вы о ней знаете? or Что вы знаете о ней?
Yes, you can use «вы» instead of «ты» (and then change «знаешь» to «знаете»).
However, it really sounds better if you put «о ней» before «знаете». Unfortunately, I can't explain why, it just sounds better.
I used (знаешь о неё) and they marked it correct. Im i the only one? And is it a natural way of saying it?
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I was also confused. It seems знаешь requires the accusative. Чего is the genitive of что, which remains что in the accusative.
I have a question! Знаешь is the "you" - form of the word "know", right? Why do I need the ты? Just curious!
As you would say "you know", Russians say ты знаешь. As simple as that :)
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In Russian pronouns can be dropped but in English they can't. Your example doesn't explain anything
"вот" means "here is" when handing or pointing something out to someone. One situation I think it would be used is when someone comes to your office looking for Vera, and when she arrives to meet them you say "вот Вера" (non native speaker disclaimer)
If you say Эта Вера, you mean "This Vera". Это Вера = "It is Vera". Это окно can either be "This window" or "It is a window".
eë is in the accusative and genitive case (they have the same form) ней is in the prepositional case
more and more of these questions sound like they'd be said in an interrogation
