What are common mistakes with Указательные местоимения?

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Указательные местоимения | Russian Grammar A1

Указательные местоимения

A1 — Местоимения

Demonstrative pronouns: этот/эта/это/эти, тот/та/то/те

Can understand and apply указательные местоимения in basic communication

Demonstrative pronouns: этот/эта/это/эти, тот/та/то/те

Examples

Э́тот дом большо́й, а тот ма́ленький. — This house is big, and that one is small.
Э́та кни́га интере́сная. — This book is interesting.
Э́ти студе́нты из Росси́и. — These students are from Russia.

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Указательные местоимения

Demonstrative pronouns: этот/эта/это/эти, тот/та/то/те

Learning Goal

Can understand and apply указательные местоимения in basic communication

Exam Skills:Грамматика/ЛексикаЧтение

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

Э́тот дом большо́й, а тот ма́ленький.

This house is big, and that one is small.

Э́та кни́га интере́сная.

This book is interesting.

Э́ти студе́нты из Росси́и.

These students are from Russia.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

Указательные местоимения — «этот» (this) и «тот» (that):

	М.р.	Ж.р.	Ср.р.	Мн.ч.
this	э́тот	э́та	э́то	э́ти
that	тот	та	то	те

Не путайте: Это кни́га (This IS a book — invariable) vs Эта кни́га (THIS book — agrees in gender).

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Practice Exercises

Common challenges with this topic for different L1 backgrounds. 🇬🇧 English speakers: May find this concept unfamiliar.

Э́тот дом большо́й, а тот ма́ленький.

This house is big, and that one is small.

See content for details.

Э́та кни́га интере́сная.

This book is interesting.

See content for details.

Э́ти студе́нты из Росси́и.

These students are from Russia.

See content for details.

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Frequently asked questions

When is Указательные местоимения used?: Не путайте: Это кни́га (This IS a book — invariable) vs Эта кни́га (THIS book — agrees in gender).
What are common mistakes with Указательные местоимения?: Common challenges with this topic for different L1 backgrounds. 🇬🇧 English speakers: May find this concept unfamiliar. 🇨🇿 Czech speakers: Slavic similarities help with this topic. 🇩🇪 German speakers: Some parallels but key differences exist.