Word
Мы уважаем вашего серьёзного директора.
Meaning
We respect your serious director.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Мы уважаем вашего серьёзного директора.
мы
we
ваш
your [formal/plural]
директор
director
уважать
to respect
Questions & Answers about Мы уважаем вашего серьёзного директора.
Why do the words вашего and серьёзного have the endings -его and -ого?
Because the direct object (директора) is a living person (animate). For masculine animate nouns in the Accusative case, any adjectives or possessive pronouns attached to them take the Genitive case endings (-ого or -его). If we were respecting an inanimate masculine object, they would keep their regular Nominative endings.
How do I pronounce the -ого and -его endings in this sentence?
In these specific grammatical endings, the Russian letter г is always pronounced like the English letter 'v'. So вашего sounds like 'vah-sheh-vuh' and серьёзного sounds like 'seer-yoz-nuh-vuh'.
Why does the noun директора end in -а, but the words describing it end in -ого / -его?
Nouns and adjectives have different rules for their endings. When a masculine animate noun is in the Accusative case, it borrows its ending from the Genitive case, adding -а or -я. The adjectives and pronouns also borrow their Genitive forms, which are -ого or -его.
Is уважаем a regular verb?