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како́й

pronoundaily used word (top 100)A2
  • 1.

    which, what, what kind of, when

Usage info

по какому - on any

Declension

mmasculineffemininenneuterplplural
nom.nominative

како́й

кака́я

како́е

каки́е

gen.genitive

како́го

како́й

како́го

каки́х

dat.dative

како́му

како́й

како́му

каки́м

acc.accusative

како́й

како́го

каку́ю

како́е

каки́е

каки́х

inst.instrumental

каки́м

како́й

како́ю

каки́м

каки́ми

prep.prepositional

како́м

како́й

како́м

каки́х

Fixed expressions

Typical usage

  • Asking about qualities

    • Како́й он?

      What is he like?

    • Кака́я она́?

      What is she like?

    • Каки́е они́?

      What are they like?

    • Како́й он по хара́ктеру?

      What’s his personality like?

  • Specific properties (color, size, date)

    • Како́го цве́та?

      What color?

    • Како́го ро́ста?

      How tall?

    • Како́го го́да рожде́ния?

      What year of birth?

    • Како́й у вас разме́р?

      What size are you?

  • Question frames with prepositions

    • В како́м смы́сле?

      In what sense?

    • Каки́м о́бразом?

      In what way? How?

    • По како́й причи́не?

      For what reason?

    • С како́го вре́мени?

      Since when?

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Contributions

  • Michel edited declension, usage info and word type 5 months ago.
  • drvuquangson edited comparative forms and translation 6 months ago.
  • bimmy.64 edited comparative forms and declension 11 months ago.
  • gtreiser1 edited declension and comparative forms 1 year ago.