Russian Reciprocal Pronouns
The pronoun друг друга, called reciprocal pronoun, adds the meaning of reciprocity of an action and corresponds to English “each other/one another”. It consists of two parts: the first indeclinable part - друг and the second part - друга which declines and takes the case required by the verb, adjective or preposition. If a preposition occurs, it is placed between the two parts.
The table below represents the declension of this pronoun with and without a preposition.
Case
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друг от друга
Dative
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друг к другу
Accusative
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друг про друга
Instrumental
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друг с другом
Prepositional
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Genitive:
Им не хватает друг друга.
They miss each other.
Они вдруг отстранились друг от друга .
They suddenly moved away from each other.
Dative:
Они пишут письма друг другу.
They write letters to each other.
Их тянет друг к другу.
They gravitate to each other.
Accusative:
Они обожают друг друга.
They adore each other.
Они много знают друг про друга.
They know a lot about each other.
Instrumental:
Они гордятся друг другом.
They are proud of each other.
Они любят говорить друг с другом.
They like to talk with each other.
Prepositional:
Они говорят только друг о друге.
They only talk about each other.
