Breakdown of Эта иллюстрация тоже выбирается дизайнером.
тоже
also
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
выбирать
to choose
дизайнер
designer
иллюстрация
illustration
Questions & Answers about Эта иллюстрация тоже выбирается дизайнером.
How does the word дизайнером mean "by the designer" without a preposition?
In Russian passive sentences, the person doing the action (the agent) is put into the Instrumental case without any prepositions. Since дизайнер is a masculine noun ending in a consonant, it takes the -ом ending to become дизайнером.
Why does the verb выбирается end in -ся?
The -ся ending turns the regular active verb выбирает (chooses) into a passive verb (is chosen). We use this because the subject, Эта иллюстрация, is the thing receiving the action, not the one doing the choosing.
Can I use a perfective verb with -ся here if the designer has already made the choice?
No, perfective verbs with -ся generally do not form the passive voice. If you want to talk about a completed passive action (like "was chosen"), you need to use a short passive participle instead, like Эта иллюстрация была выбрана дизайнером.
Could I use также instead of тоже in this sentence?
Yes, также would work here and means the same thing, but it sounds a bit more formal. тоже is very common in conversational Russian when you are grouping similar things together, like saying the text was chosen by the designer, and the illustration was also chosen by them.
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