lf you want to ask the questions What? Who? Which / what sort of? Whose? then you need to use interrogative pronouns.
(A) Что (what) is needed when you are asking about the identity of something:
Что это? Рисунок или фотография? What is this? A drawing or a photograph?
The phrase что это такое? means what is that?
Что can also be used in its different case forms to make questions:
e.g. O чём вы говорите? What are you talking about?
(B) Kтo is used when you want to find out the identity of a person:
Кто это? Это новый директор? Who is thаt? Is it the new director?
Кто can also be used in its different case forms to make questions:
e.g. O ком вы говорите? Who are you talking about?
Note that Russian always uses ктo when referring to people, unlike English which sometimes uses what, for example:
Кем вы хотите быть? What do you want to be? (lit.: As whom do youwant to be?)
(C) Какой means which/ what / what sort of / when you are requesting specific detail about something. It is a stressed adjective (and so works in the same way, e.g., as молодой - young):
Какой у них дом? What sort of house lave they got?
В каких городах вы были? Which cities did you visit? (lit.:were you in?)
(D) Чей means whose, used when you are trying to find out what belongs to whom. It must agree with the noun it precedes:
(A) Что (what) is needed when you are asking about the identity of something:
Что это? Рисунок или фотография? What is this? A drawing or a photograph?
The phrase что это такое? means what is that?
Что can also be used in its different case forms to make questions:
| Nom. | что | Dat. | чему |
| Acc. | что | Instr. | чем |
| Gen. | чего | Prep. | чём |
(B) Kтo is used when you want to find out the identity of a person:
Кто это? Это новый директор? Who is thаt? Is it the new director?
Кто can also be used in its different case forms to make questions:
| Nom. | кто | Dat. | кому |
| Acc. | кто | Instr. | кем |
| Gen. | кого | Prep. | ком |
Note that Russian always uses ктo when referring to people, unlike English which sometimes uses what, for example:
Кем вы хотите быть? What do you want to be? (lit.: As whom do youwant to be?)
(C) Какой means which/ what / what sort of / when you are requesting specific detail about something. It is a stressed adjective (and so works in the same way, e.g., as молодой - young):
Какой у них дом? What sort of house lave they got?
В каких городах вы были? Which cities did you visit? (lit.:were you in?)
(D) Чей means whose, used when you are trying to find out what belongs to whom. It must agree with the noun it precedes:
| Masculine singular | Чей это паспорт? | Whose passport is this? |
| Feminine singular | Чья это виза? | Whose visa is this? |
| Neuter singular | Чьё это место? | Whose place is this? |
| Plural | Чьи это билеты? | Whose tickets are these? |
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