About the words you are and are you in Russian
Ты студент [ty stoo-DENT]
Вы доктор [vy DOK-tor]
Ты студент? [ty stoo-DENT] – voice up
Вы доктор? [vy DOK-tor] – voice up
In Russian we do not use the verb to be in the Present Tense.
ты [ty] = you (informal) – you can use it with your friends
вы [vy] = you (formal) – you should use it with strangers, older people and people you don’t know very well
студент [stoo-DENT] = student – noun, Masculine, Singular, Nominative Case
доктор [DOK-tor] = doctor – noun, Masculine, Singular, Nominative Case
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