Word
На каком канале идёт эта передача?
Meaning
On which channel is this program playing?
Part of speech
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Breakdown of На каком канале идёт эта передача?
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
какой
which/what kind of (m, sister forms: какая, какое)
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
идти
to go (on foot) / to proceed, go (of a process)
Questions & Answers about На каком канале идёт эта передача?
Why do we use идёт here if it means "to go on foot"?
In Russian, the verb идти is used metaphorically for movies, TV shows, and theatrical plays that are currently showing or broadcasting. You will often hear phrases like фильм идёт (the movie is playing) to describe what is on TV right now.
Why does the sentence use каком instead of какой?
The sentence is asking about a location (where is the show playing?), so it requires the Prepositional case with the word на (on). Since канал is a masculine noun, the question word какой (which) changes to its masculine Prepositional form, каком.
What exactly is a передача?
Передача translates to a TV or radio program, show, or broadcast. It comes from the verb передавать (to transmit or pass along).
Why is it эта передача and not это передача?
Эта (this) is a demonstrative pronoun that must match the gender of the noun it points to. Because передача is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine form эта instead of the neutral form это.