"Он мой брат."

Translation: He is my brother.

[Mr.Dillinger]

I guess it makes sense now why I've always called my brother a brat sometimes

[Larisa_L]

ha-ha, but you should decide if it was always or sometimes, after all :))))

[Olly_1052]

Лариса, прошу Вас обратить внимание. В английском языке порядок слов в предложении фиксированный. Например, He is.... - утверждение, Is He.....? - вопрос. В русском, в отличие от английского, порядок слов не фиксирован, смысл предложения определяется только ЗНАКАМИ препинания (письменно) и ИНТОНАЦИЕЙ (устно). В курсе "с английского на русский" в звуковых упражнениях большинство английских утвердительных фраз на русском звучат как вопросы (в данном примере: "Он мой брат?" :))).

[The_iCONer]

That is exactly why I came to the discussions upon reading брат.

[EmmaGreen550802]

Same here :) I would call this justice.

[AnneliseMarie0]

What is the difference between "мой" and "моя"? When should I use each? Thank you!

[Larisa_L]

мой - with masculine nouns, моя - with feminine nouns.

[Alma_Negra]

My mind has exploded

[AnneliseMarie0]

Thank you!

[MohammedHa963677]

May good bless you

[AlexWinste1]

So are there just no verbs in Russian? What serves as the verb in this sentence? Спасибо!

[Larisa_L]

obviously there are plenty of verbs in Russian, here we have present simple of the verb to be - есть - and it is normally omitted in Russian, but it is implied, which you can see in Past and Future tenses. Он был моим братом - He was my brother. Он будет моим братом - He will be my brother.

[Alex-Winstead]

Thanks for the examples, but can you tell me the verb in this sentence? From direct translation as far as I can tell there is He my brother.

[Larisa_L]

As I said, the verb is быть (present tense form есть), but it is omitted. It is only implied there. You cannot say Он есть мой брат.

[FlameTea]

As i understood the previous answer the right way to say this phrase "he is my brother" would be но ест мой борот but they simply take out the verb as the direct translation "he my brother" can be understood perfectly, so is kind of slang... Please someone correct me if wrong!

[Larisa_L]

it is not slang, it is a usage rule. You cannot use есть in this type of sentence, you must omit it.

[FlameTea]

thanks and sorry, im quite new here =P, i didnt saw the edit option on my movile device.

edit: now i tapped on the wrong reply buutton... ill just leave this here and go away.

[HATAllluK]

В мобильной версии нельзя исправить, только удалить

[FlameTea]

Брат*

[Larisa_L]

you can edit your comment, no need to add more comments - you spelled it all incorrectly - он есть мой брат

[OmarAssadi]

Данила!

[ItalianJay]

He ain't heavy

[Ga_Jin]

He might be annoying but he's my "brat".

[ledainle]

why isnt "bro" accepted? isn't the full one "bratishka"?

[Larisa_L]

No, the standard one is брат - brother, and браток, братишка and so on would be more like bro, we're not going to add all possible slang words to the translations.

[MaxFromUkraine]

Ooo. The word "bratishka" is a big and specifical meme nowadays :)

[_Felipe_Ricardo_]

Does сестра and брат comes from English? lol
They sound so similar...

[Cernael]

More likely that both go back to common, Indo-European roots.

[madafakasupreme]

What is the difference between мой, мои, моя, etc?

[shrikrishna1]

Мой for masculine nouns, моя for feminine nouns

[glitchycat]

Duolingo does not pick stuff up on the mic

[Kamran502]

Thanks for explanations!

[NimaKarimi1]

Can we use моя??

[Larisa_L]

no, brother is masculine, and моя is feminine

[StudentLev2]

hi

[MihailSmirnov]

Он мой брат

[Winston298006]

Even in the U.S., some people say "brot" meaning "bro," "dude," etc.

[071g1]

"He's my bro" is wrong?

[Dorothy955799]

He is my wife

[lozzamoore]

Он не тяжелый, он мой брат.

[floof_cuz_]

Why is it "он мой брат" but not "он -- мой брат"?