Breakdown of Я сделаю проект с сотрудником.
я
I
сделать
to do (perfective) / to make (perfective)
проект
the project
с
with (also со)
сотрудник
employee
Questions & Answers about Я сделаю проект с сотрудником.
Why does the word for employee end in -ом here?
The preposition с (meaning with) requires the following noun to be in the Instrumental case when talking about doing something together. Since сотрудник is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, we add the Instrumental ending -ом to make it сотрудником.
Why does сделаю mean I will do? Doesn't the -ю ending usually mean present tense?
That is a great observation! While -ю is a standard present-tense ending, сделать is a perfective verb (a verb that focuses on completing an action). In Russian, perfective verbs do not have a present tense. When you conjugate them using present-tense endings, they automatically refer to the future. So, я сделаю means I will do it and finish it.
The word проект is the direct object. Why didn't its ending change?
You are right that the direct object must be in the Accusative case. However, for masculine nouns that are non-living things, the Accusative form looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form. Because a project is not a living being, проект does not change its ending here.
How do I pronounce с сотрудником? Do I say the s sound twice?
You do not need to pause or say it as two separate letters! In Russian, when a preposition like с is followed by a word starting with the exact same sound, the two sounds merge together into one slightly longer sound. You just pronounce it smoothly as if it were a single word: ссотрудником.
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