"Это моя собака."

Translation: This is my dog.

[giorgiomaraessa]

why is eto and not eta?

[JanisaChatte]

Because "эта собака " is "this dog " or "that dog". "Это" is used to mean "that/this/it is" or as a demonstrative pronoun for neuter nouns. "Собака " is a feminine noun, so "это" will never serve as a demonstrative pronoun for it. Check out this guide if you need more help/clarifications :)

[fridelain]

"sobaca" is Spanish for "female armpit" (armpits are always gendered male in Spanish).

[DimitrieGr]

There are many dogs like it,
But this dog is mine.

[emmanhsu]

Is dog always female?

[Bobrotron]

Yes, "собака" female, "пёс" male :)

[emmanuelanajao]

Eto moya doge. :-)

[Nivkotzer]

So Russian. Very lingot

[MarcusFroupie]

wait i have a question...why are there many versions of "my"? this is not very related to this sentence but idk, i just want to know when to use the right version of "my"

[diogogomez]

The different versions for possessive pronouns in Russian were exhaustively discussed in previous lessons. Didn't you read the comments before? Anyway, for the first person, in a few words, they are:

• мой (masculine)
• моя (feminine)
• моё (neuter)
• мои (plural)

[MarcusFroupie]

yaaaaaay, thanks my man

[MarcusFroupie]

lol sorry i didn't read the comments

[Chancegardener]

Enchanté, dog!

[Namaschu02]

Is it собаКА because the dog is female or just the word itself