1. Where?(Где?), Where to? (Куда?), Where from? (Откуда?)
- Where? (Где?) Is used when referring of an object or person location.
Где находится этот музей? [Gde nakhóditsa état muzéj?]-Where is situated this museum?
- Where to? (Куда?) Is used in movement direction. In response, the noun is in the accusative case with prepositions in (в), on (на).
- Where from? (Откуда?) Is used in movement direction. In response, the noun is in the genitive case with prepositions from (из, от).
2. Why? (Почему?), For what purpose? ( Зачем?)
- Why? (Почему?) Is used to determine the cause of the action.
- For what case? (Зачем?) Is used to determine the purpose of the action, the reason of it, who needs it for. Italso can be used to express disapproval, disagreement.
Зачем ты не взял зонт? [Zachém ty ni vzyal zont?]-Why didn’t you take an umbrella? Теперь ты промокпод дождём. [Tipér′ ty pramók pad dazhdyóm.]-Now you’ve got wet in the rain.
IT IS IMPORTANT! Interrogative word «why?» («почему?») can use as a synonym of the word «for what purpose?» («зачем?»).
Почему ты живёшь в столице? [Pachimú ty zhivyósh′ v stalítsi?]-Why do you live in the capital?
Зачем ты живёшь в столице? [Zachém ty zhivyósh′ v stalítsi?]-For what case do you live in the capital?
3. What? (Какой?), Which? (Который?)
- What? (Какой?) Is used to determine the quality and subject property or a person.
- Which? (Который?) Is used in the choice from variety, and in the time questions.
Который из этих двух поездов на Ростов? [Katóryj iz étikh dvukh paizdóv na Rastóv.]-Which of these two trains is to Rostov?