Breakdown of Директор часто общается с нашим партнёром.
наш
our (наш, наша, наше)
часто
often
директор
director
с
with (also со)
Questions & Answers about Директор часто общается с нашим партнёром.
Why is "partner" written as партнёром instead of партнёр?
Because it comes after the preposition с (meaning "with"). In Russian, to say you are doing something with someone, you use the preposition с followed by the Instrumental case. For masculine nouns ending in a consonant like партнёр, you add -ом to make the Instrumental form партнёром.
Why does the word for "our" change to нашим?
Possessive words like "my", "your", and "our" must match the grammatical case of the noun they describe. Since партнёром is in the Instrumental case, наш (our) must also change to its Instrumental form. For masculine words, наш becomes нашим.
What does the -ся at the end of общается mean?
The -ся ending marks a "reflexive" verb. While it often means doing an action to oneself (like washing or dressing oneself), it is also used for reciprocal actions—things people do together or with each other, like communicating. The dictionary form of "to communicate" will always have this ending: общаться.
How do I pronounce the -тся at the end of общается?