Breakdown of Этот юноша работает в институте.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
работать
to work
в
in / to (direction)
институт
institute
юноша
young man
Questions & Answers about Этот юноша работает в институте.
Why do we use the masculine word Этот (this) when юноша ends in -а, which usually makes a word feminine?
Юноша (young man) is a masculine noun because it refers to a male person, despite its -а ending. Therefore, any adjectives or pronouns attached to it must also be masculine, like Этот. You have seen this rule before with words like папа (dad) and дедушка (grandpa).
Is юноша used for any boy?
No, юноша specifically means a young man or youth, usually in his late teens or early twenties. For a younger child, you would use мальчик (boy).
Why is there an -е at the end of институте?
The phrase в институте tells us where the action happens, so it uses the Prepositional case. The dictionary form is институт (a masculine noun ending in a consonant), so we just add -е to the end to say 'in the institute' or 'at the institute'.
Based on our current lesson, how would we say 'This young man was 20 years old'?
You would need the Dative case to express age for the person. Этот юноша changes to Этому юноше. Then add было (was) and 20 лет (20 years). The full sentence is Этому юноше было 20 лет.
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