Word
Ты согласен с новым ассистентом?
Meaning
Do you agree with the new assistant?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ты согласен с новым ассистентом?
ты
you (singular)
новый
new
с
with (also со)
согласен
in agreement (short form)
Questions & Answers about Ты согласен с новым ассистентом?
How would I change this to mean "Do you agree with him as the new assistant?"
This is a great place to use the structures from your current lesson! You could use как: Ты согласен с ним как с новым ассистентом? Notice that we repeat the preposition с and keep the Instrumental case to match с ним. Alternatively, using в качестве: Ты согласен с ним в качестве нового ассистента? (Here, нового ассистента must be in the Genitive case).
Why is согласен used here instead of a normal verb?
In Russian, the state of agreeing with someone is usually expressed with the short-form adjective согласен, rather than a standard verb. Because it is an adjective, it changes based on the gender of the person you are talking to. If you are asking a woman, you must say: Ты согласна с новым ассистентом?
Why do the words for "new assistant" end in -ым and -ом?
They are in the Instrumental case. When the preposition с means "with" (as in alongside or interacting with someone), it requires the following noun and its adjectives to be in the Instrumental case. Therefore, the nominative новый ассистент changes to с новым ассистентом.
Could I use согласен с to say "I agree with the new rules" or "I agree to work"?