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Questions about pronouns and their derivatives

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"Они братья" but "Это упражнения" - why different pronouns?

Let's take two example sentences: Вот пара ребят. Они братья. and Вот пара предложений, которые я выписал в тетрадь. Это упражнения. Я выписал их из учебника. Why can't we say: Вот пара предложений, которые я выписал в тетрадь. Они…
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"У меня оба часов/обеи часы/обои часы сломались"?

У меня оба часов/обеи часы/обои часы сломались. What' s the correct way of stating the fact that both of my watches are not functioning?
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Он даёт привыкнуть к нему или себе?

В таком предложении: Он заходит справа и, поравнявшись, даёт ей немного привыкнуть к себе. как правильно: к нему или к себе? Меня смущает "себе", потому что можно подумать, что он даёт ей время привыкнуть к себе же самой. Хоть это и нелогично.…
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Asking to take photos in Russian

If I want to say "can I take a photo of you (your face)", how should I proceed? Могу снять фото на вас? Могу снять портрет ваш? Or neither of the aforementioned?
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Why are words such as каждый, другой, etc. classified as determinative pronouns?

Multiple references classify каждый, другой, and иной, etc. as determinative pronouns (e.g. here, here) However, these words seem to function as typical adjectives as in: Я читал каждую книгу. While they don't describe specific attributes of the…
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Impersonal pronoun (English one/you)

Many languages have an impersonal pronoun ("man" in German, "on" in French). In slightly old-fashioned English, the word "one" is used; as in "Where can one get one's hair cut?" Otherwise, "you" is normally used in English. I have been taught that…
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How do you most commonly use чей/чья/чьё/чьи?

I know it is used as an interrogative pronoun ('Чей это дом?') - "whose", but I've also seen: For example -Turn one's attention to something обратить чье-либо внимание на что-либо I understand that there it is linked to the direct object in…
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How to determine the initial form of the words like "самого", "самой"?

У самого (+ masculine noun in genitive case)... У самой (+ feminine noun in genitive case)... I guess that the initial form of these pronouns may be either "сам"/"сама" or "самый"/"самая". Unfortunately, it's written text and the book does not…
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Difference between “нac" и "наш”

I was given this sentence: Our names are Misha and Masha They told me to translate it and i translated it like this: Наш зовут Миша и Маша But the correct answer: Нас зовут Миша и Маша Why is нас(us) used in this case instead of наш(our)?
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Are pronouns listed correctly in this past tense conjugation table?

Is it me or is this wrong? In the masculine section of this table, isn't it supposed to say он instead of я?
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Why is the possessive pronoun for "имя" "мое", even though "имя" is a feminine word?

I don't quite understand the reason for why мое instead of моя is used. Could somebody explain it to me?
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"Нефть, которой избегают" или "которую"?

Сosider this sentence "Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы в этих странах раскупают дешевую российскую нефть, которой избегает большинство западных покупателей." Shouldn't the part "нефть, которой избегают" be "нефть, которую избегают"?
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How to properly use these pronouns? То, та

Sorry about the ambiguous title but I don't really know how to ask this in a more linguistic way. This question comes from trying to form sentences of the form The (property) (subject) is the one that... Example: Good literature is the one that can…
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У меня or мне before не- words

Which one is correctly written? У меня не с кем говорить Мне не с кем говорить Thanks!
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Какой vs что - when asking questions

If I wanted to ask someone, "What sport do you like?" or almost the same thing, "Which sport do you like?" - this latter being used as if a parent was asking a child while they were reviewing a sign-up sheet for try-outs at school what sport they…
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