Breakdown of Естественно, они купят даже этот дорогой дом.
дом
house
они
they
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
дорогой
expensive
купить
to buy (perfective)
даже
even
естественно
naturally
Questions & Answers about Естественно, они купят даже этот дорогой дом.
Why is даже placed right before этот дорогой дом instead of earlier in the sentence?
The particle даже (even) must be placed immediately before the exact word or phrase it emphasizes. Here, the surprising part is the specific object they are buying, not the action itself. If you wrote они даже купят, it would shift the emphasis to the verb, meaning they will even buy it (instead of just renting or looking at it).
Is купят a present or future tense verb here?
It is the future tense! Купить is a perfective verb, meaning it focuses on the completed result of an action. Because a fully completed action cannot be happening right now in the present, conjugating a perfective verb with normal present-tense endings (like -ят for they) automatically creates the future tense.
Why doesn't the direct object этот дорогой дом change its endings?
It actually is in the accusative case! Because дом is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living thing), its accusative form looks exactly like its basic dictionary (nominative) form. The words modifying it, этот and дорогой, just follow the same rule.
Why is there a comma after Естественно?
In Russian, introductory words that express the speaker's attitude or certainty about the statement (like естественно or конечно) are almost always separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
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