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Learning the Russian Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
In singular form:
Adjectives of masculine gender have flexions (-ой/-ый/-ий)
Adjectives of feminine gender have flexions (-ая/-яя)
Adjectives of neutral gender have flexions (-ое/-ее)
To form the plural of adjectives, we change their flexions to (-ые/-ие)
Новый – новая – новое – новые (new – masculine, feminine, neutral, plural)
Большой – большая – большое – большие (big)
Последний – последняя – последнее – последние (last)
Русский – русская – русское – русские (Russian)
Хороший – хорошая – хорошее – хорошие (good)
While in English an adjective doesn’t change when the noun changes, in Russian an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. For example:
Новый костюм – новая куртка – новое пальто – новые ботинки
Большой дом – большая деревня – большое село – большие неприятности
Последний поезд – последняя электричка – последнее сообщение – последние известия
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Russian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | прилагательные - prilagatelioыe |
| a green tree | зеленое дерево - zelenoe derevo |
| a tall building | высокое здание - vыsokoe zdanie |
| a very old man | очень старый человек - ocheniostarыi chelovek |
| the old red house | старый красный дом - starыi krasnыi dom |
| a very nice friend | очень хороший друг - ocheniohoroshii drug |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Russian.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Russian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Russian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | цвета - cveta |
| black | черный - chernыi |
| blue | синий - sinii |
| brown | коричневый - korichnevыi |
| gray | серый - serыi |
| green | зеленый - zelenыi |
| orange | оранжевый - oranzevыi |
| purple | пурпурный - purpurnыi |
| red | красный - krasnыi |
| white | белый - belыi |
| yellow | желтый - zeltыi |
| sizes | размеры - razmerы |
| big | большой - boliooi |
| deep | глубокий - glubokii |
| long | длинный - dlinnыi |
| narrow | узкий - uzkii |
| short | короткий - korotkii |
| small | небольшой - neboliooi |
| tall | высокий - vыsokii |
| thick | толстый - tolstыi |
| thin | тонкий - tonkii |
| wide | широкий - shirokii |
| shapes | формы - formы |
| circular | круговой - krugovoi |
| straight | прямой - priamoi |
| square | квадратный - kvadratnыi |
| triangular | треугольный - treugolioыi |
| tastes | вкусы - vkusы |
| bitter | горький - gorioii |
| fresh | свежий - svezii |
| salty | соленый - solenыi |
| sour | кислый - kislыi |
| spicy | острый - ostrыi |
| sweet | сладкий - sladkii |
| qualities | качества - kachestva |
| bad | плохой - plohoi |
| clean | чистый - chistыi |
| dark | темный - temnыi |
| difficult | трудный - trudnыi |
| dirty | грязный - griaznыi |
| dry | сухой - suhoi |
| easy | легко - legko |
| empty | пустой - pustoi |
| expensive | дорогой - dorogoi |
| fast | быстрый - bыstrыi |
| foreign | иностранный - inostrannыi |
| full | полный - polnыi |
| good | хороший - horoshii |
| hard | жесткий - zestkii |
| heavy | тяжелый - tiazelыi |
| inexpensive | недорогой - nedorogoi |
| light | свет - svet |
| local | местный - mestnыi |
| new | новый - novыi |
| noisy | шумный - shumnыi |
| old | старый - starыi |
| powerful | мощный - moshtnыi |
| quiet | тихий - tihii |
| correct | правильный - pravilioыi |
| slow | медленный - medlennыi |
| soft | мягкий - miagkii |
| very | очень - ochenio |
| weak | слабый - slabыi |
| wet | мокрый - mokrыi |
| wrong | неправильный - nepravilioыi |
| young | молодой - molodoi |
| quantities | количества - kolichestva |
| few | несколько - neskolioo |
| little | маленький - malenioii |
| many | многие - mnogie |
| much | много - mnogo |
| part | часть - chastio |
| some | некоторые - nekotorыe |
| a few | несколько - neskolioo |
| whole | целое - celoe |
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