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"my brother and my sister"
Translation:мой брат и моя сестра
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So moi/moya is possessive but based on gender of the noun? moi = masculine moya = feminine
Yes. If the noun is is feminine, you should use "моя" even if the person speaking is a male, "мой" for masculine nouns, "моё" for neuter nouns and "мои" for plurals.
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Genitive-Case---1/tips-and-notes It's in the note section here. Probably in bits and pieces in other note sections. I'm sure we'll work it our on our own though.
Instead of taking life points for first-time mistakes, you could have a grammar section to explain the gender differences between мой and моя. It's ridiculous how this app behaves sometimes.
In previews lessons we used "a" as "and" in russian so why is this "мой брат а моя сестра" wrong?whats the difference between а and и ?
"А" is used when in English "and" can be substituted with "whereas". Otherwise "and" is "и".
You use "а" when you are disproving your possesion of something. Example: "Это мой деде а не папа." English: "This is my uncle and not my father." You use "и" in everything else. Example: " Это мой брат и сестра." English: "This is my brother and sister."
Because мой only stands for a masculine object. You can say A и B, but then мои should be used as in that case the object is plural.
ини? I can't find that word anywhere. Maybe you meant 'или' which means 'or'.
And 'и' means 'and'.
I dont know if im missing something here but it didnt accept "Мой брат и мои сестра" and im actually confused
