это

это - Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɛtə]
  • Homophone: эта (eta)

Pronoun

э́то (éto) (demonstrative)

  1. nominative neuter singular of э́тот (étot): this, it, that
  2. accusative neuter singular of э́тот (étot): this, it, that

Usage notes

  • One of the uses of this form is to connect subject and predicate as kind of topic or subject marker. (However, as opposed to actual topic markers such as (wa) in Japanese, ‘это’ may be omitted without changing the meaning or breaking the sentence structure.) Such usage does not get translated into English.
  • Note that all of the above examples are ellipses in which the actual verb (есть (jestʹ) — is, суть (sutʹ) — are) has been omitted, which is typical for Russian. Oftentimes, the omitted verb is replaced by an em dash.

Interjection

э́то (éto)

  1. uh, er, erm, umm; used in hesitant speech

Idioms

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