Determiners and pronoun-adjectives
Words such as э́тот, тот, весь, ка́ждый, мой, свой, како́й, кото́рый, and чей share agreement behaviour but organise reference, possession, quantity, or interrogation.
- Their paradigms include special forms and deserve their own course; adjective agreement knowledge provides the structural bridge.
| Function | Example | Boundary fact |
|---|---|---|
| deixis | э́тот но́вый дом | э́тот has special paradigm |
| totality | все но́вые кни́ги | весь agrees but quantifies |
| distribution | ка́ждому но́вому студе́нту | both dative singular |
| possessive | моя́ но́вая кни́га | мой agrees |
| reflexive possessive | своя́ рабо́та | subject-oriented possession |
| invariant possessive | его́ кни́га / его́ кни́ги | его́ does not agree |
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3.22 · Determiners and pronoun-adjectives · table 1
deixis · э́тот но́вый дом · э́тот has special paradigmtotality · все но́вые кни́ги · весь agrees but quantifiesMini-check
Decline: к + э́тот но́вый врач. Change number: его́ но́вая кни́га.
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- Say the Russian examples aloud, cover the model, and retrieve the pattern once before continuing.