Question by I-Talk: How come Dinara Safina and Marat Safin have different last names and they are brother & sister ?
I find it really weird that Dinara Safina ( tennis player ) and her brother Marat Safin ( tennis player ) have different last names and they are brother and sisters ???
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coz in russia they add an “a” to the girls last names
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Justin says
wow, we learn something new everyday. 😀
Add an "A" to the last names of females. 🙂
steo says
Because Russian's are weirdos and for some reason they don't like boys and girls in the same family to have the same last names. Weirdo's!
x says
Girls name in Russia add the "a" on the end.
jay says
females hvae to add a to their surname
Wesley A says
"Safina" is the feminine form of "Safin".
In eastern European countries (particularly Russia and former Soviet republics and russian speaking countries), they always feminize the family name for a girl.
(ie: Sharapov/Sharapova; Kuznetsov/Kuznetova; Dementiev/Dementieva; Myskin/Myskina; Petrov/Petrova; etc)
If Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Nikolay Davydenko had sisters, there last names would be Kafelnikova and Davydenkova.
Game Set Match says
Russian last names act like other nouns and change with gender. Maria Sharapova's father's/brother's name would be Sharapov, etc.