Уро́к 8
8.6 Grammar: Мы с кем?
Люби́мая Грамма́тика
You and I
(a.k.a. ‘We’)
In Russian, unlike in English, you don’t typically say “Ты и я ….”, or for that matter, “Он и де́ти…” or “Вы и друзья́…”. The way you conjoin two subjects in Russian is different than what is typically done in English. This is noteworthy and is not at first always intuitive.
Watch the following video and then consider the examples below. Note the use in Russian of a plural pronoun + the Instrumental case. And, it turns out, you need the instrumental case for this. Watch the following video to see what I mean.
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Наприме́р:
| Мы с отцо́м занима́емся футбо́лом. | My father and I play soccer. | |
| Мы с бра́том де́лаем дома́шнее зада́ние. | My brother and I are doing homework. | |
| Вы с Петро́м гуля́ли по го́роду? | Did you and Peter walk around the city? | |
| Вы с на́ми хоти́те поу́жинать? | Do you want to have dinner with us? | |
| Где́ они с ней познако́мились? | Where did they meet? |
