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Я согласен с тётиным мужем, что бабушкин пирог лучше.

Я согласен с тётиным мужем, что бабушкин пирог лучше.
I agree with aunt's husband that grandma's pie is better.
From Lesson 256:Possessive adjectives (мамин, папин)·Russian

Questions & Answers about Я согласен с тётиным мужем, что бабушкин пирог лучше.

Why does тётиным end in -ым?
Possessive adjectives ending in -ин (like тётин) use a mixed declension. While their nominative forms look like nouns, their instrumental forms for masculine and neuter nouns take standard adjective endings. Because согласен с requires the instrumental case, тётин takes the adjective ending -ым to match мужем.
Why is it бабушкин and not бабушкиный?
Possessive adjectives formed with the suffix -ин or -ын always have short, noun-like endings in the nominative case. Because пирог is a masculine noun in the nominative case, бабушкин takes no extra letters at the end (a zero ending). Adjective-style forms like бабушкиный do not exist in standard Russian.
Why is the instrumental case used for тётиным мужем?
The short-form adjective согласен (agree) requires the preposition с (with) followed by the instrumental case. So, 'with aunt's husband' becomes с тётиным мужем.
How would this sentence change if the speaker were a woman?
The word согласен is a short-form masculine adjective. If a woman is speaking, she would use the feminine form and say Я согласна с тётиным мужем instead.

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