Breakdown of Завтра я приготовлю пиццу с тобой.
я
I
ты
you (singular)
пицца
pizza
завтра
tomorrow
приготовить
to cook (perfective)
с
with (also со)
Questions & Answers about Завтра я приготовлю пиццу с тобой.
Why is it с тобой instead of с ты?
The preposition с (meaning "with") requires the word that follows it to take the Instrumental case. The Instrumental form of the pronoun ты (you, informal) is тобой.
Why does the word for pizza change to пиццу?
Пицца is the direct object of the sentence because it is the thing being prepared. This means it needs to be in the Accusative case. Feminine nouns ending in -а change their ending to -у in this case, making it пиццу.
Where is the word for "will" in this sentence?
English uses the helping word "will" to show the future tense, but Russian often does this within the verb itself. The verb приготовлю belongs to a category called perfective verbs, meaning its endings automatically point to a completed action in the future. The -ю ending tells us it is "I" who will complete it.
How do I pronounce с тобой? Should I pause after the first letter?
No, you should not pause. Short Russian prepositions like с are pronounced as if they are glued to the word that follows them. You should say с тобой smoothly together as if it were a single word.
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