Цена слегка выше.

The price is slightly higher.

Breakdown of Цена слегка выше.

• цена: the price
• выше: higher
• слегка: slightly

Questions & Answers about Цена слегка выше.

Why is there no verb in Цена слегка выше? Shouldn’t it mean The price is slightly higher with a form of to be?

In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Цена выше = The price is higher
• literally, something like Price higher

This is completely normal Russian sentence structure.
If you were talking about the past or future, you would use a verb:

• Цена была выше = The price was higher
• Цена будет выше = The price will be higher

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What case is цена in here?

Цена is in the nominative singular. It is the subject of the sentence.

Its basic dictionary form is:

• цена = price

In this sentence, the speaker is simply stating something about the price, so nominative is the expected case.

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What does слегка mean exactly? Is it the same as немного?