"У девочки есть брат?"
Translation:Does the girl have a brother?
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ы i think you stick your tounge in the back of your mouth to make the sound
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How would one ask "do the girls have a brother?"
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You would replace the genitive singular девочки with the genitive plural девочек: "У девочек есть брат?"
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It's the seven letter spelling rule. From the plurals lesson:
The 7-letter rule: Whenever you make any form of a word, and you need to write И or Ы, check this:
- after К, Г, Х and Ш, Ж, Щ, Ч always use И
Okay, this probably sounds really stupid to ask, but why is девочки used instead of девочка? Shouldn't девочка be feminine in its form already? What is it that turns девочка into девочки?
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"у девушки есть брат" is what I heard but it was rejected. Aside from that, I'm a little unclear on when to use "девушки" and when to use "девочка" - they seem to be very similar sounding words that mean the same thing.
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As an american living in ukraine this is still one of the hardest thigs for my ears to differentiate. Use the -вуш- form to refer to a young woman, e.g. your waitress. Use the -воч- form to refer to a little girl, e.g. a toddler or girl of elementary school age.
Is it just intonation that makes this a question? I would think this could also be a statement.
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Yes, in Russian there is often no clear distinction between statements and questions. You must use context and intonation to tell which is which.
Meh...this is technically correct, but a bit on the poetic side of conversational English.
