Breakdown of Его поведение и грубая интонация часто обижают гостей.
и
and
часто
often
гость
guest
его
his / its (possessive)
обижать
to offend, to hurt
грубый
rude, rough
поведение
behavior
интонация
intonation
Questions & Answers about Его поведение и грубая интонация часто обижают гостей.
How would I use the grammar from this lesson to say 'Judging by his behavior...'?
You would use судя по followed by the dative case. Поведение (behavior) is a neuter noun that ends in -ие, so its dative ending is -ию. The phrase would be Судя по его поведению...
What if I wanted to apply the same lesson grammar to say 'Judging by his rude intonation'?
Again, you need the dative case after судя по for both the adjective and the noun. The feminine phrase грубая интонация changes to грубой интонации. The full phrase is Судя по его грубой интонации...
Why is the direct object гостей in the genitive form instead of the accusative?
It actually is in the accusative case! Because гость (guest) is an animate noun (a living person), its plural accusative form identically matches its plural genitive form (гостей).
If обижают means 'offend', how would I say the guests 'take offense' at his behavior?
You would use the reflexive version of the verb, обижаться (imperfective) or обидеться (perfective), followed by the preposition на and the accusative case. For example: Гости часто обижаются на его поведение (The guests often take offense at his behavior).
Why doesn't the pronoun Его change its ending to match the neuter noun поведение?
Его is an invariable possessive pronoun (it is literally the genitive form of он, meaning 'of him'). Unlike adjectives or the reflexive possessive свой, it never changes its form to match the noun's gender, number, or case.
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