что

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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)
  • (file)
  • (dated St. Petersburg pronunciation, now proscribed)) IPA(key): [t͡ɕto]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -o

Conjunction[edit]

что (što) (invariable)

  1. that
    Я ду́маю, что он до́ма.Ja dúmaju, što on dóma.I think that he's home.

Pronoun[edit]

что (šton

  1. (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.
  2. (literary, relative) that, which
    кни́га, что на столе́kníga, što na stoléthe 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)
    Ну чё, пошли́, что́ ли?Nu čó, pošlí, štó li?Well, let's go!
    Чё он хо́чет от меня́?Čó on xóčet ot menjá?What (the hell) does he want from me?
  • шо (šo) (same as above, used in the South of European Russia or by Russian speakers in Ukraine)
  • кото́рый (kotóryj) (standard relative pronoun)

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Pronouns (declined as nouns)

Pronouns (indeclinable)

Adverbs and Interjections

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Descendants[edit]

  • Ingrian: sto
  • Kildin Sami: што (što)