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See also: чьто
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ʂto] (phonetic respelling: што)
Audio (file) - (dated St. Petersburg pronunciation, now proscribed)) IPA(key): [t͡ɕto]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -o
Conjunction[edit]
что • (što) (invariable)
- that
- Я ду́маю, что он до́ма. ― Ja dúmaju, što on dóma. ― I think that he's home.
Pronoun[edit]
что • (što) n
- (interrogative) what
- Что э́то? ― Što éto? ― What is this?
- Он не зна́ет, что э́то зна́чит. ― On ne znájet, što éto znáčit. ― He doesn’t know what this means.
- (literary, relative) that, which
- кни́га, что на столе́ ― kníga, što na stolé ― the book that is on the table
Usage notes[edit]
- In informal speech, the genitive form чего́ (čevó) often replaces the accusative and sometimes the nominative.
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- чё (čo) or чо (čo) (interrogative pronoun only, non-standard, highly colloquial but common, not used in formal writing)
- шо (šo) (same as above, used in the South of European Russia or by Russian speakers in Ukraine)
- кото́рый (kotóryj) (standard relative pronoun)
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Pronouns (declined as nouns)
- кое-что́ (koje-štó)
- ничто́ (ništó)
- что́-либо (štó-libo)
- что́-нибудь (štó-nibudʹ)
- что́-то (štó-to)
Pronouns (indeclinable)
Adverbs and Interjections
- не́ за что (né za što)
- ни за что́ (ni za štó)
Conjunctions
- что́бы (štóby)
Verbs
- что́кать impf (štókatʹ)
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷe-
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Russian/o
- Russian lemmas
- Russian conjunctions
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian pronouns
- Russian literary terms
- Russian terms with irregular pronunciations