Questions & Answers about Моё место и моя тетрадь там.
Why does the word for 'my' change from моё to моя in the same sentence?
In Russian, possessive pronouns must match the gender of the noun they describe. The word место (seat) ends in -о, making it a neuter noun, so it takes the neuter pronoun моё. The word тетрадь (notebook) is feminine, so it takes the feminine pronoun моя.
How am I supposed to know that тетрадь is feminine?
Where is the word for 'are' in this sentence?
In the present tense, Russian skips the verb 'to be' (am, is, are). So instead of saying 'My seat and my notebook are there', you just say 'My seat and my notebook there'.
Does the letter ё in моё change how the word is stressed?
Yes! A helpful rule in Russian is that if a word contains the letter ё, that syllable almost always gets the stress. So you pronounce it with a strong emphasis on the second syllable, sounding roughly like 'mah-YO'.
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