Breakdown of Ты тоже удивишься этой новости?
ты
you (singular)
тоже
also
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
новость
news
удивиться
to get surprised
Questions & Answers about Ты тоже удивишься этой новости?
Why is этой новости in the Dative case instead of the Instrumental? In English we say "surprised by".
Reflexive verbs of emotion like удивиться (to be surprised) and радоваться (to be glad) require the Dative case for the object causing the emotion. Don't translate "by" literally; in Russian, you are essentially reacting "to" the news.
Why does удивишься mean "will be surprised"? Is it a future tense form?
Yes! Удивишься is the perfective verb удивиться conjugated for ты. Because perfective verbs describe completed actions, their present-tense conjugation forms the simple future tense.
I thought feminine nouns in the Dative case usually end in -е. Why does новости end in -и?
Новость (news) is a feminine noun that ends in a soft sign (-ь). These belong to a special group (the 3rd declension) where the Dative, Genitive, and Prepositional cases all end in -и.
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