Word
Чьими ставками интересуется владелец коллекции?
Meaning
Whose bids is the owner of the collection interested in?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Чьими ставками интересуется владелец коллекции?
чей
whose (m, sister forms: чья, чьё)
интересоваться
to be interested
владелец
owner
коллекция
collection
Questions & Answers about Чьими ставками интересуется владелец коллекции?
Why is the word for 'whose' in the form чьими?
Чьими is the instrumental plural form of чей (whose). It must perfectly match the noun it describes, ставками (bids), in both number (plural) and case (instrumental).
Why are the bids (ставками) in the instrumental case rather than the accusative?
Because of the verb интересоваться (to be interested in). This reflexive verb always requires the thing you are interested in to be in the instrumental case, never the accusative.
Why does the subject, владелец (owner), come at the very end of the sentence?
Russian word order is flexible, especially in questions. The question phrase (чьими ставками) takes the mandatory first position. After that, it is very common and natural to invert the subject and verb, placing the verb (интересуется) before the subject (владелец).
Why does коллекция change to коллекции at the end of the sentence?
It is in the genitive case because it links two nouns to show association, translating to 'of the collection' (owner of the collection). Nouns ending in -ия change their ending to -ии in the genitive singular.