Need some help with Grammar!
Hi all,
I am currently doing my Russian homework which is to describe things that I have in flat. I need a bit of help with the below sentence:
"в болшой гостиной комнате есть болшой кориченевый стол. два маленкых коричневых стула."
How come "два маленкых коричневых стула" isn't written like " два маленкыe коричневые стула" like it says how it should be when using nominative case plural. I have spent ages trying to find the answer, I would really appreciate some help.
Thanks,
Alex
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Answers · 9
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The numerals два (m) / две (f), три and четыре in the nominative and accusative cases are followed by a noun in the genitive singular: две сестры / два брата.
The case of the adjective that modifies a noun in the nominative/accusative depends on the gender of the noun:
if the noun in masculine the adjective takes the genitive plural: два младших брата,
if the noun is feminine the adjective (usually, but not necessarily always) takes the nominative plural: две младшие сестры.
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Hey) If I'm not mistaken u want to know how writing this sentence correctly , right ?
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Alexander, and if you wonder why genitive, it is logical in Russian.
One of meanings of our genitive is quantitative.
You say "a cup of..." , "a lot of ...". We say "5 of..."
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Alexander: маленьких коричневых (gen. pl.) стула (gen. sg.)
your proposal: маленькие коричневые (nom. pl) стула (gen. sg.)
As long as "chair" is in genitive, it would be strange if adjectives were in nominative:)
So everything is in genitive, adjectives in plural, the chairs in singular. It is like "two of browns smalls chair".
With feminine though both
две маленьких девочки
and
две маленькие девочки
are possible. Perhaps it is because "девочки" can be interpreted both as gen.sg. and nom. pl.
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1) With number 2, we use the ending of the genitive case in the singular form.
Why? To put it simply, it's the remnant of Old Russian. The detailed explanation you may find here http://new.gramota.ru/spravka/letters/61-rubric-92
or here https://thequestion.ru/questions/23196/pochemu-dva-goda-no-pyat-let
2) The adjectives should be agreed with the noun. That's why both adjectives are used in the genitive case but in the plural form.
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