No. 305 in Russian
этот
"This" or "that" (masculine, singular).
In a sentence
Этот дом очень красивый.
This house is very beautiful.
Here, 'этот' is used as a demonstrative pronoun pointing to a specific object, in this case, 'дом' (house).
На этой улице много людей.
There are many people on this street.
In this sentence, 'этой' is the declined form of 'этот', used to indicate the specific street ('улице').
У меня есть вопрос об этой книге.
I have a question about this book.
Here, 'этой' again is the declined form of 'этот', agreeing in case, number, and gender with the noun 'книге' (book).
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