Он тратит деньги.

Он means he.

It is the 3rd person singular masculine pronoun, used for a male person or sometimes for a masculine noun already mentioned.

In this sentence, он is the subject:

• Он = he
• тратит = spends / is spending
• деньги = money

So он tells us who is doing the action.

Because it comes from the infinitive тратить, which means to spend.

Russian verbs change their endings depending on the subject. Here, the subject is он (he), so we need the 3rd person singular form:

• я трачу = I spend
• ты тратишь = you spend
• он / она тратит = he / she spends
• мы тратим = we spend
• вы тратите = you spend
• они тратят = they spend

So тратит is simply the correct form for he.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Russian present tense often covers both:

• He spends money (habitual, general fact)
• He is spending money (right now)

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

For example:

• Он всегда тратит деньги на книги. = He always spends money on books.
• Смотри, он тратит деньги опять! = Look, he’s spending money again!

Yes, this is a very common question.

In Russian, деньги is grammatically a plural noun, even though in English money is usually singular and uncountable.

So Russian treats it more like a plural idea:

• деньги = money

That is why you say:

• деньги есть = there is money / money exists
• мои деньги = my money

The singular form деньга exists historically, but in modern standard Russian it is not used to mean ordinary money.

It is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of the verb тратит.

He spends what? → деньги

So we use the accusative.

A helpful detail: for inanimate plural nouns, the accusative often looks the same as the nominative.

Here:

• nominative: деньги
• accusative: деньги

So the form does not change, even though the case function does.

Because Russian has no articles.

English says:

• He spends money
• He spends the money
• He spends some money

Russian often leaves that information to context:

• Он тратит деньги

Depending on the situation, that could mean:

• He spends money
• He is spending the money
• He is spending some money

If Russian needs to be more specific, it usually does so with context or other words, not articles.

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral, basic order is:

• Он тратит деньги.

But you may also hear:

• Деньги он тратит.
• Тратит он деньги.

These alternatives can change the focus or emphasis, not the core meaning.

For example:

• Он тратит деньги. = neutral statement
• Деньги он тратит. = It’s money that he spends / As for money, he spends it
• Тратит он деньги. = He does spend money / Spending money is what he does

For beginners, it is best to learn Он тратит деньги as the standard pattern.

Sometimes, yes.

Russian can omit the subject when it is already clear from context:

• Тратит деньги. = He/She is spending money.

However, in many situations Russian includes the pronoun for clarity, emphasis, or because the speaker wants to name the subject explicitly.

So:

• Он тратит деньги. = explicit, clear
• Тратит деньги. = possible if the subject is understood from context

This is about aspect, which is very important in Russian.

• тратить = imperfective
• потратить = perfective

тратить focuses on the process, repetition, or general activity:

• Он тратит деньги. = He spends money / He is spending money.

потратить focuses on a completed action or result:

• Он потратил деньги. = He spent the money / He has spent the money up.

Very roughly:

• тратить = to be spending / to spend regularly
• потратить = to spend up / to spend completely / to complete the act of spending

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

• Он ≈ on
• тратит ≈ TRA-tit
• деньги ≈ DYEN-gi

A few pronunciation notes:

• о in он is pronounced clearly as o
• the stress in тратит is on the first syllable: трАтит
• the stress in деньги is on the first syllable: дЕньги
• день has a soft д, so it sounds like dyen, not plain den

A more careful approximation:

• Он трАтит дЕньги

No. Тратить means to spend, to use up, or to waste, depending on context.

It can be used with money, time, energy, and other resources:

• тратить деньги = to spend money
• тратить время = to spend time
• тратить силы = to spend energy
• тратить жизнь на что-то = to spend one’s life on something

So in this sentence it is specifically about money, but the verb itself is broader.

You would usually say:

• Он тратит много денег.

Notice the change:

• деньги becomes денег

That happens because after много (a lot of), Russian uses the genitive plural.

So compare:

• Он тратит деньги. = He spends money.
• Он тратит много денег. = He spends a lot of money.

This is a very common pattern in Russian.

Yes, it can, depending on context and tone.

By itself, тратить деньги usually means to spend money, which is neutral.

But in the right context, it may sound like wasting money, especially if the speaker disapproves:

• Он опять тратит деньги на ерунду. = He’s spending money on nonsense again.

If you want to say waste money more explicitly, Russian often uses:

• Он зря тратит деньги. = He is wasting money / He is spending money for nothing.

So тратить is usually neutral, but it can feel negative in context.