Word
Врач спрашивает о вас.
Meaning
The doctor is asking about you.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Врач спрашивает о вас.
вы
you (plural or formal)
врач
doctor
спрашивать
to ask
о
about (о, об, обо)
Questions & Answers about Врач спрашивает о вас.
Why does the sentence use вас instead of вы?
After the preposition о (meaning "about"), you must use the prepositional case. The prepositional form of the pronoun вы (you) is вас.
I thought вас was the accusative case (like when saying "I see you"). Is it the same word?
Yes, exactly! For the pronoun вы, the accusative, genitive, and prepositional cases are all identical: вас. You can tell it is the prepositional case here because it directly follows the preposition о.
Why is the preposition о used here instead of об?
We use об when the next word starts with a vowel sound (like об Анне - about Anna) to make it easier to say. Since вас starts with a consonant sound, we use the standard form о.
Does спрашивает mean "asks" or "is asking"?
It means both! Russian does not have a separate continuous tense (like "is doing" in English). Depending on the context, Врач спрашивает translates perfectly to either "The doctor asks" or "The doctor is asking".