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"My brother has a good jacket."
Translation:У моего брата есть хорошая куртка.
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I omitted "есть" in my answer. Does that not make a valid sentence? When can it be omitted?
But this one is weird. As I see it, it's not the existence that is important here but its property: it's good.
With есть included, the sentence conveys that my brother has a jacket, and it is good.
With есть omitted, it is implied that it's already known that my brother has a jacket, but I'm telling you that it's a good one
Hi! I grew up speaking Russian at home (still do, naturally), and in my experience, "куртка" is specifically a coat (like the thicker jackets use in the winter), while "пиджак" is the more general term for other jackets. In this case, since it didn't specify a coat, my automatic response was "пиджак". It may be a little nitpicky and specific, but I do think that "пиджак" should be allowed as an alternate answer.
Note that «пиджак» is a garment similar to the upper part of a business suit, it is hardly a general term.
Fair enough but it really could be either in this context depending on the age of the speaker's brother. For example, if he was 50, I would expect that jacket is referring to a blazer and not an Eddie Bauer.
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why is moega necessary? I thought if it is assumed that a person is related to or belongs to the speaker, a possessive was not necessary or even superfluous?
Своего refers to a person who is already mentioned in the clause, but nobody was mentioned so you must specify whose brother it is
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Oh ok, I understand, thank you. I thought it referred to yourself if nothing is mentioned. Have a lingot!
Isn't пиджак also can be translated as a jacket? пиджак is padded jacket and куртка is blazer or tailored jacket.
