Word
Это полная неправда.
Meaning
That is a complete untruth.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Это полная неправда.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So where English says:
- This is a complete lie
- That is completely untrue
Russian often just says:
- Это полная неправда.
Literally, it looks like This/That complete untruth, but the meaning is naturally This/That is a complete lie / totally untrue.
If you put the sentence into the past or future, a form of быть appears:
- Это была полная неправда. = That was completely untrue.
- Это будет неправда. = That will be untrue.
What does это mean here? Is it this or it or that?