Breakdown of Я часто вижу твоего младшего брата.
брат
brother
я
I
твой
your [informal]
часто
often
видеть
to see
младший
younger
Questions & Answers about Я часто вижу твоего младшего брата.
Why do твоего and младшего end in -его here?
Because брат is an animate masculine noun in the accusative case (it is the direct object you see). For living things, the masculine accusative case copies the genitive case. This means modifiers like твой (your) and младший (younger) take the genitive ending -его.
How do I pronounce the -его endings?
The letter г in the grammatical endings -ого and -его is always pronounced like an English 'v'. So, твоего sounds like 'tva-ye-VO' and младшего sounds like 'MLAT-she-va'.
Why does младший become младшего instead of taking the -ого ending?
This happens because of a Russian spelling rule. After 'hushing' letters like ш, you cannot write an unstressed о. Since the stress is on the first syllable (млад-ше-го), the ending must be spelled with an е, making it -его.
Why does the verb видеть change to вижу here?
The verb видеть (to see) has a consonant mutation in the 'I' form (я). The д changes to ж, making it вижу. In all the other forms, the д comes back, for example: ты видишь (you see) or он видит (he sees).
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