Breakdown of Вам нужно подобрать туфли, которые будут сочетаться с любым платьем.
вы
you (plural)
платье
dress
быть
to be
с
with (also со)
нужно
it is necessary
любой
any
который
which / who / that (relative pronoun)
туфли
shoes
подобрать
to pick out (perfective)
сочетаться
to match
Questions & Answers about Вам нужно подобрать туфли, которые будут сочетаться с любым платьем.
Why use подобрать here instead of выбрать?
What case does the verb сочетаться require?
The verb сочетаться (to go well together, to combine) requires the preposition с (with) followed by the Instrumental case. In this sentence, that gives us с любым платьем.
Why is the future tense будут сочетаться imperfective, when the first verb подобрать is perfective?
The act of picking out the shoes is a single, completed action, so подобрать is perfective. However, the shoes matching the dresses is an ongoing, continuous state that will be true whenever they are worn. Therefore, the imperfective future будут сочетаться is used.
Could I use всяким instead of любым here to mean 'any dress'?
Using любым is much better here because it emphasizes free choice: 'any dress you happen to pick.' The word всяким leans more towards 'every kind of' or 'all sorts of,' which sounds a bit less natural when talking about picking an outfit for a given day.
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