Russian Grammar – Kids often talk with mother. 🇷🇺

Де́ти ча́сто разгова́ривают с _____ .

In Russian, the form of nouns changes depending on their role in the sentence, a feature known as grammatical case. The word "мать" (mother) changes to "матерью" in the Instrumental case. The Instrumental case is used to indicate the means or instrument by which an action is performed, and one of its functions is to denote the person with whom someone is interacting.

Here’s how the sentence breaks down:
– "Де́ти" (Deti) means "Kids"
– "ча́сто" (chasto) means "often"
– "разгова́ривают" (razgovarivayut) means "talk" or "converse"
– To indicate with whom the kids are talking, we use the Instrumental case for "mother".

The noun "мать" (mat’) follows a specific declension pattern:
– Nominative (who/what?): мать (mat’)
– Genitive (of whom/what?): матери (materi)
– Dative (to whom/what?): матери (materi)
– Accusative (whom/what?): мать (mat’)
– Instrumental (with whom/what?): матерью (mater'yu)
– Prepositional (about whom/what?): матери (materi)

In this context, since the kids are talking with their mother, we use the Instrumental case, and "мать" changes to "матерью."

Romanized characters:
– Де́ти (Deti)
– ча́сто (chasto)
– разгова́ривают (razgovarivayut)
– с матерью (s mater'yu)

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