Word
Мой учитель говорит, что моё произношение хорошее.
Meaning
My teacher says that my pronunciation is good.
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Breakdown of Мой учитель говорит, что моё произношение хорошее.
мой
my
говорить
to say
учитель
the teacher
хороший
good
Questions & Answers about Мой учитель говорит, что моё произношение хорошее.
Why is it Мой учитель and not Моя учитель, when “teacher” can be male or female?
In Russian, adjectives and possessive pronouns agree with grammatical gender, not with what you personally imagine.
- Учитель is grammatically masculine, even if the real person is a woman.
- So you must use the masculine form мой, not the feminine моя.
If you specifically mean a female teacher and want to show that, Russian usually uses a different word:
- Мой учитель – my teacher (grammatically masculine; could be male or female)
- Моя учительница – my (female) teacher
Because учитель is masculine, the correct phrase is Мой учитель.
Why is it моё произношение, not мой произношение?
The word произношение (pronunciation) is grammatically neuter, so all agreeing words must be neuter too.
The possessive мой changes its form depending on the gender of the noun:
- masculine: мой стол (my table)
- feminine: моя книга (my book)
- neuter: моё окно (my window)
- plural: мои друзья (my friends)
Since произношение is neuter, you must say моё произношение, not мой произношение.
A good rule of thumb: many abstract nouns ending in -ие (знание, решение, произношение) are neuter.