"Он из России?"

Translation: Is he from Russia?

[Dav7nn]

What case is it after 'из'?

[daughterofAlbion]

Genitive

[michael585]

It's going to be tough to remember that "из" doesn't mean "is"

[dalbert77]

Is he Russian? I got that wrong, why?

[November_Vee]

Is he Russian? = Он русский?

[deactivated user]

Because that's not what the translation is.

Он из России? Is he from Russia?

[cbn620]

It marks "He is from Russia?" wrong. I figured those would both be correct readings of this sentence but I don't know, is there anyone who can help?

[JanisaChatte]

You could say "He is from Russia?" too. It is accepted now :)

[Shivkumar0091]

well that is precisely what i wrote. It was marked incorrect !

[vinjakpilled]

They marked mine incorrect :(

[Krandementor]

In English, most of the time a question is "Is he..." not "He is..." Even if the latter does make sense in some cases. I guess that's why it's marked wrong.

[Nar670]

I have written "does he come from Russia?", which was not accepted. Should it be?

[EvelynOlson0]

I would think so. Report it.

[speedfranklin]

Why not "Is he Russian?"

[IamJustintime]

In this sentence, России is the genitive for the noun Russia. Russian is an adjective so it would be formulated differently. ))

[2Jake2snake]

Why Russii and not Russia in this case?

[Ruth440184]

Из requires the genitive case. Therefore, Россия must take the genitive case. In the genitive, words ending in я now end in и.

[N.Rashti]

As I have studied in Duolingo's texts, Россия in Genitive case should be Россиы. However it looks weird, but I am sure this is what I studied.

[Piachtel]

In the genitive words ending by я end in и. Only words ending by а are replaced by ы

[CharbelKha6]

After из there's the nominative case ?

[hinormies]

Genitive always.

[BrandonOve2]

How would one differentiate between asking "Is he from Russia?" or trying to confirm that he is from Russia with an interrogative tone, like "He is from Russia, right?"

[Crejb]

Why is "Is it from russia?" incorrect

[deactivated user]

That would be Оно из России? This sentence used Он.

[Ruth440184]

Он could potentially be used to refer to a previously mentioned, inanimate, grammatically masculine object. http://russianlearn.com/grammar/category/personal_pronouns

[deactivated user]

True, but since there was not a previously discussed item matching such a description, the simplest conclusion is he.

[vsvengali]

Only the slow speed audio would play for me on this question. (reported)

[VolandDeMoor777]

Модераторы исправьте пожалуйста интонацию предложения - она здесь утвердительная.