Breakdown of Вы путаете конкретный адрес, а мы ищем как раз его.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
а
and (contrastive)
мы
we
вы
you (plural)
искать
to look for
адрес
address
как раз
just / exactly
путать
to confuse
конкретный
specific
Questions & Answers about Вы путаете конкретный адрес, а мы ищем как раз его.
How does как раз function here, and could I use именно instead?
Both как раз and именно act as specification particles meaning 'exactly' or 'precisely'. Here, как раз emphasizes that the very thing you are confusing is the exact thing we need. You could absolutely use именно (именно его) with almost no change in meaning, though как раз adds a slight conversational flavor of things perfectly coinciding.
Why is there no 'н' added to the pronoun его? Doesn't it usually become него after words like this?
We only add the prefix н- to third-person pronouns (making it него) when they immediately follow a preposition (like у, для, or без). Because как раз is a particle and not a preposition, the pronoun remains его.
The verb искать (to look for) sometimes takes the genitive case. Is его accusative or genitive in this sentence?
It is accusative. While искать often takes the genitive when you are looking for something abstract or undefined, it takes the accusative when looking for a specific, concrete object. Because the sentence explicitly specifies a конкретный адрес (a specific address), the pronoun replacing it (его) is in the accusative case.
Why does the sentence use the conjunction а instead of и (and) or но (but)?
The conjunction а is used to show a contrast between two different subjects doing two different actions. You are doing one thing (confusing the address), whereas we are doing another (looking for that exact one). It highlights this parallel contrast much better than the neutral и, while но would imply a direct contradiction or obstacle.
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