No. 9,396 in Russian
того
"Того" is the genitive case of "тот," meaning "of that" or "that one" in English.
In a sentence
Я хотел бы купить что-нибудь подобное того, что мы видели вчера.
I would like to buy something like the one we saw yesterday.
In this sentence, 'того' is a demonstrative pronoun in the genitive case used to refer to a previously mentioned object.
Для того чтобы понять эту проблему, нужно изучить её корни.
In order to understand this problem, one needs to study its roots.
Here, 'того' is part of the phrase 'для того чтобы', indicating purpose or reason ('in order to').
Он сказал, что не видел ничего похожего до того момента.
He said that he hadn't seen anything similar to that moment.
In this case, 'того' is used in combination with 'момента' (moment) to specify a particular point in time in the past.
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