Word
Студенты слушают этого строгого преподавателя.
Meaning
The students listen to this strict teacher.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Студенты слушают этого строгого преподавателя.
студент
student (m)
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
слушать
to listen
преподаватель
teacher (university)
Questions & Answers about Студенты слушают этого строгого преподавателя.
Why do the words for "this strict" (этого строгого) end in -ого here?
In Russian, when a masculine noun is alive (animate) and is the direct object (Accusative case), its adjectives and pronouns take the ending -ого or -его. Because преподаватель (teacher) is a living person receiving the action of being listened to, этот becomes этого and строгий becomes строгого. (Note: This is exactly the same as their Genitive case endings!)
How is the -ого ending pronounced in этого строгого?
The letter г in the endings -ого and -его is pronounced like an English 'v'. So, you will hear a 'v' sound instead of a 'g' sound in both этого and строгого.
Why doesn't the sentence have a word for "to" after слушают?
In English, we say "listen to someone", but the Russian verb слушать (to listen) takes a direct object with no preposition. You just put the person or thing you are listening to directly into the Accusative case.
Why does преподавателя end in -я instead of -а?