How to use adjectives in Russian

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Russian adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Russian as in English. Adjectives in Russian agree with the noun they describe. This means that adjectives that describe a feminine noun have a special form.

Examples

zelónį stol

the green table

balšói stol

the big table

nóvöi stol

the new table

krúglį stol

the round table

máleŋki stol

the small table

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Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Russian adjectives большой, маленький and старый (big, small, old). Using the nouns книга, стул and дверь (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Russian adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives большой, маленький and старый with the nouns книга, стул and дверь you can move on to Step 8 (Russian Verbs).

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