Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "that" in Russian

This Russian word is one of the top 1000 words in Russian. The complete list of most common Russian words is available here.

тот

Meaning: that, the other, the right one

Pronunciation: [toht]

Part of speech: adjective, pronoun (fem. та, neut. то, plur. те)

Rank: #8 (see frequency list)

 Example sentences:
  • Тот дом большой.
  • That house is big.
  • Где те книги?
  • Where are those books?
  • Он не тот, кто нам нужен.
  • He's not the one we need.
  • Дерево растёт на том берегу.
  • The tree grows on the other side (of the river).
  • Вы принесли не ту книгу.
  • You brought the wrong book. (lit: You brought not that book)
  • В том году.
  • In that year.


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • тот и другой = both (lit: that and the other)
  • в ту же минуту = at that very moment
  • Дело в том, что... = The point is that...
  • после того, как = after
  • перед тем, как = before
  • несмотря на то, что = in spite of the fact that
  • кроме того = besides
  • тем временем = meanwhile
  • к тому же = besides; in addition
  • ...тому назад = ...ago
  • много лет тому назад = many years ago
  • не то, чтобы = it is not that
  • Ни с того ни с сего. = All of a sudden; For no reason at all; Without rhyme or reason
  • то да сё = one thing and another
 Other forms of the word (declensions):
case
singular
plural
masculine
neuter
feminine
Nominative
то́т
то́
та́
те́
Genitive
того́
того́
то́й
те́х
Dative
тому́
тому́
то́й
те́м
Accusative
(anim/inanim)
того́ /
то́т
то́
ту́
те́х /
те́
Instrumental
те́м
те́м
то́й (то́ю)
те́ми
Prepositional
то́м
то́м
то́й
те́х
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Word recordings: Copyright(c) 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright(c) 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.



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