Breakdown of Режиссёры выбирают новых актёров.
новый
new
актёр
actor
выбирать
to choose
режиссёр
director (film, stage)
Questions & Answers about Режиссёры выбирают новых актёров.
Why are we using новых актёров instead of новые актёры for the direct object?
Because актёр (actor) is an animate noun (a living person or animal). In the plural, the Accusative case (used for direct objects) for animate nouns and their adjectives copies the Genitive plural endings. So, instead of the regular inanimate plural новые актёры, we use новых актёров.
Режиссёры (directors) are also living people. Why don't they get the -ов ending like актёров?
Because Режиссёры is the subject of the sentence (they are the ones doing the choosing). The subject is always in the Nominative case, regardless of whether it is animate or inanimate. The special animate rule only applies to the Accusative case when the living noun is the object receiving the action.
How do we know to use the -ов ending for актёров?
The dictionary form is актёр. Because it is a masculine noun ending in a hard consonant, its Genitive plural (and therefore its animate Accusative plural) is formed by adding -ов. For the subject Режиссёры, we just add -ы because it is in the Nominative plural.
Is выбирают an imperfective or perfective verb?
It is imperfective. The infinitive is выбирать, which describes choosing as an ongoing process. Since this sentence describes an action happening right now in the present tense, it must use an imperfective verb. Perfective verbs only have past and future tenses in Russian.
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