Russian · Chapter 7 · Lesson 2 · Grammar primer
Relative demonstrative pronouns
Prescribed by the Edexcel specification.
The short version
Kotorogo zovut Andrey is a fixed phrase worth learning
Naming a friend needs kotorogo, not kotoryy, because the friend is the animate direct object of zovut: drug, kotorogo zovut Andrey. Learn kotorogo zovut as one block rather than working out the case fresh each time you introduce someone.
Moy drug, kotorogo zovut Andrey.
Kotoryy never disappears the way which does in English
English happily drops which or that: the book I am reading. Russian never drops kotoryy, and it always follows a comma. Write the comma and the word together, every time, and the sentence will read naturally rather than clipped.
Kniga, kotoruyu ya chitayu.
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