Breakdown of Сколько весит этот словарь?
словарь
dictionary
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
сколько
how much / how long / as much / as many as
весить
to weigh
Questions & Answers about Сколько весит этот словарь?
What is the difference between весить and other verbs for 'to weigh' like взвешивать?
The verb весить (used here) means 'to have a certain weight'. It only describes how heavy the subject is. If you want to talk about the physical action of weighing an object (like a cashier weighing apples at a store), you must use the transitive verbs взвешивать (imperfective) or взвесить (perfective).
Словарь ends in a soft sign (-ь). How can I tell that it is a masculine noun?
Nouns ending in the suffix -арь (like словарь, календарь, or пекарь) are masculine. In this sentence, the masculine demonstrative pronoun этот is a perfect clue! If the noun were feminine, the sentence would use эта.
How would I answer this question with 'It weighs one and a half kilograms' using this lesson's grammar?
You would answer: Он весит полтора килограмма. You use полтора (rather than полторы) because килограмм is a masculine noun. When полтора is the object of the sentence, the noun following it must take the genitive singular form, which is килограмма.
Could I change the word order and ask Сколько этот словарь весит?
Yes, absolutely! Russian word order is very flexible. Putting the verb before the subject (весит этот словарь) is just a highly common, natural way to structure questions, but putting the subject first is also grammatically correct and perfectly understood.
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