Breakdown of Он пишет правильно, а она пишет красиво.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
а
and (contrastive)
писать
to write
красиво
beautifully
правильно
correctly
Questions & Answers about Он пишет правильно, а она пишет красиво.
Why do both правильно and красиво end in -о?
Why does the sentence use а instead of и if they both mean and?
The word а is used to show contrast, acting a bit like whereas or a mild but. Because this sentence contrasts his way of writing with her way of writing, we use а. We use и when simply linking identical or fully agreeable ideas together.
Why is the verb spelled пишет? The dictionary form is писать.
Russian verbs sometimes change their root consonants when conjugated. For писать (to write), the с changes to ш in all present tense forms. Since the subjects are Он (he) and она (she), we add the matching ending -ет, giving us пишет.
How would I ask How does he write? using the words from this lesson?
You would use the question word как (how) placed at the beginning. The question is Как он пишет? and the answer uses the adverb from our sentence: Он пишет правильно.
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