Я хочу перевести эти деньги детским больницам.
I want to transfer this money to children's hospitals.
Breakdown of Я хочу перевести эти деньги детским больницам.
я
I
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
хотеть
to want
больница
hospital
деньги
money
детский
children's
перевести
to transfer (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Я хочу перевести эти деньги детским больницам.
Why do we use the endings -им and -ам in детским больницам?
These words are in the Dative case because they are the recipient of the transfer ("to children's hospitals"). For plural words in the Dative case, nouns take -ам or -ям (here, больница becomes больницам) and adjectives take -ым or -им (here, детский becomes детским).
Is there a spelling rule affecting the ending of детским?
Exactly! The standard Dative plural ending for hard-stem adjectives is -ым. However, the stem of детский ends in к. According to Russian spelling rules, we cannot write ы after к, г, х, ж, ш, щ, or ч, so it must change to и, making it детским.
I thought перевести meant "to translate". Can it mean "to transfer" too?
Yes. While you will often see перевести used for translating languages, it is also the standard verb for transferring funds. You will frequently see it paired with деньги (money).
Why doesn't эти деньги change its ending, since it is the direct object of the sentence?
Деньги is indeed the direct object, so it is in the Accusative case. In Russian, деньги (money) is always a plural noun. Because it is inanimate (not a living thing), its Accusative plural form is identical to its Nominative (dictionary) form, so it stays эти деньги.
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