Breakdown of Мы видим всю систему и все планеты.
и
and
мы
we
видеть
to see
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone
планета
planet
система
system
Questions & Answers about Мы видим всю систему и все планеты.
Why is it всю систему and not вся система?
The verb видим (we see) requires a direct object in the Accusative case. Since система is a feminine noun, its Accusative form is систему. The matching pronoun вся (the whole) must also change to its feminine Accusative form, which is всю.
Why doesn't все change its ending in все планеты? Isn't it also in the Accusative case?
It is in the Accusative case! However, for plural nouns that are inanimate (not people or animals) like планеты, the Accusative form is exactly the same as the Nominative (dictionary) form. Therefore, the plural pronoun все also stays as все.
The translation uses both 'the whole' and 'all the'. Do всю and все come from the same word?
Yes, they are both forms of the universal pronoun весь. When you use it with a singular noun like систему, it translates to 'the whole' or 'the entire' thing. When you use it with a plural noun like планеты, it translates to 'all' or 'all the' things.
The verb видеть ends in -еть. Why is the 'we' form мы видим instead of мы видем?
You have spotted a famous exception! Even though видеть (to see) ends in -еть, it follows the Type II (or -ить) conjugation pattern. That is why it takes the -им ending for the 'we' form.
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