Breakdown of Я вас очень хорошо понимаю.
я
I
очень
very
понимать
to understand
хорошо
well
вас
you (acc, pl/formal) / you (genitive, plural/formal)
Questions & Answers about Я вас очень хорошо понимаю.
Why is it вас instead of вы?
вас is the Accusative case form of вы (you, formal or plural). Because the person you are talking to is the direct object receiving the action of understanding, the pronoun changes to the Accusative case.
Can I put the pronoun after the verb and say Я понимаю вас очень хорошо?
Yes, that is grammatically correct because Russian word order is flexible. However, placing the pronoun вас right after the subject Я is very common and sounds highly natural to native speakers.
Why do the words for very well (очень хорошо) come before the verb понимаю?
In Russian, adverbs that describe how an action is done often go immediately before the verb. In English, we usually put them at the end of the sentence, but Russian prefers them right in front of the action word.
How do I know this is the I form of the verb?
The verb понимать (to understand) is a regular verb. To make it agree with Я (I), we remove the dictionary ending -ть and add -ю, resulting in понимаю.
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