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то

[to]Used to link an interrogative content clause in the following constructions. Usually omitted in English translations. In some cases can also be, and sometimes usually is, omitted in Russian, along with any linked prepositions.

Frequency rank #57 About 1 in every 400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
то #57

Meaning

  1. Used to link an interrogative content clause in the following constructions. Usually omitted in English translations. In some cases can also be, and sometimes usually is, omitted in Russian, along with any linked prepositions.
  2. Used to link a declarative content clause in the following constructions. Often omitted in English translations, but can sometimes be translated as "the fact". In some cases can also be, and sometimes usually is, omitted in Russian, along with any linked prepositions.
  3. Optionally used in the following construction to refer to the thing denoted by что earlier in the sentence. Can be omitted, and in English usually the sentence is translated without it too. Has the meaning "that thing".

Examples

Е́сли ты не мо́жешь, то я сде́лаю.

If you can’t, then I’ll do it.

Related

  • то also: conjunction, Optional part of "е́сли …, то …"–type constructions, sometimes translated to "then" in English.

Forms by frequency

  • то́nominative, singular#46
  • того́genitive, singular#109
  • то́мprepositional, singular#138
  • те́мinstrumental, singular#246
  • тому́dative, singular#469

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeто́
Genitiveтого́
Dativeтому́
Accusativeто́
Instrumentalте́м
Prepositionalто́м

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