Word order with какого цвета
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harpsichord | Date: Sunday, 2013-01-20, 1:29 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Здравствуйте, Олга!
In Level один Урок два, we are given the following sentence structures:
какого цвета бумага? and какого она цвета?
Are the word orders interchangeable, or is there a rule for this? In other words, could you also say:
какого бумага цвета? and какого цвета она?
Наташа may have touched on this in our first lesson the other day, but I don't remember what was said.
Thank you, Манди
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Olga | Date: Sunday, 2013-01-20, 4:13 PM | Message # 2 |
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| Здравствуйте, Мэнди. In Russian most of the times there is no strict word order in the sentence. But sometimes it sounds weird if you change the word order. The rule is: it's better to follow a native speaker, therefore using the phrases from the book is the best solution. With these particular example I would say that To me it's more natural to put the noun in the end of the question. Какого цвета бумага? Put the [b]pronoun [/b]in the middle of the question. Какого она цвета?
The phrases какого бумага цвета? and какого цвета она? are also correct, but in this case sound a little bit unnatural. Did I answer your question?
Olga
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harpsichord | Date: Sunday, 2013-01-20, 5:05 PM | Message # 3 |
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| Yes, you answered my question very well as always--and thanks for showing me the correct way to spell my name.
Мэнди
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Olga | Date: Sunday, 2013-01-20, 7:03 PM | Message # 4 |
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| You are welcome!
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