What is the right way to say?
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- КТО … ВЧЕРА НА КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ? - ТАМ … РЕБЯТА ИЗ GOOGLE И MICROSOFT. \\\\\\\ - А ЧТО ТАМ … ? - … ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ НОВОГО ПРОЕКТА GOOGLE. |
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- Кто был вчера на конференции?
- Там были ребята из Google и Microsoft.
- А что там было?
- Была презентация нового проекта Google.
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“Кто” grammatically is “он” (singular masculine). Therefore questions with “кто” require a verb in singular masculine (“он”-form): был, REGARDLESS the answer.
The form of a verb in an answer shouldn’t necessarily be the same as its form in a question. Thus, in this dialog the answer is “ребята” (“они”), and the verb takes “они”-form (the plural form): были.
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“Что” grammatically is “оно” (singular neuter). Therefore questions with “что” require a verb in singular neuter (“оно”-form): было, REGARDLESS the answer.
For example, here the answer is “презентация” (“она”), and we use the verb in “она”-form (singular feminine): была.
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