Breakdown of Пожалуйста, дайте мне ещё один карандаш.
Questions & Answers about Пожалуйста, дайте мне ещё один карандаш.
What does пожалуйста mean, and why is it used at the beginning of the sentence?
Пожалуйста literally means “please” when making a request. In Russian it’s a particle of politeness and can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a request with no change in meaning.
Examples:
• Пожалуйста, дайте мне карандаш.
• Дайте мне карандаш, пожалуйста.
Why is дайте used here instead of дай?
Дайте is the formal or plural imperative of дать (“to give”).
Use дайте when speaking politely to strangers, elders, or groups.
Дай is the informal singular imperative, used with friends, family, or children.
What case is мне, and why do we use it?
Why do we say ещё один карандаш rather than just ещё карандаш?
Ещё means “more” or “again,” but without a numeral it doesn’t specify quantity. Ещё один means “one more” or “another one.”
• еще карандаш = “more pencil” (ungrammatical)
• ещё один карандаш = “one more pencil”
Can карандаш be in a different case, or is accusative the same as nominative here?
Could I say Дайте мне ещё карандаш and leave out один?
No. Omitting один makes the phrase ungrammatical. You need один (or another numeral/determiner) after ещё to specify exactly one extra item.
If you wanted two more, you’d say Дайте мне ещё два карандаша.
How do you pronounce ещё correctly?
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