Breakdown of Скоростной интернет работает хорошо.
хорошо
well
работать
to work
скоростной интернет
high-speed internet
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Why is it скоростной интернет, and what does скоростной mean here?
Скоростной means high-speed. It comes from скорость (speed), so it describes something connected with speed or fast transmission.
In this sentence, скоростной интернет means high-speed internet.
A learner may wonder why Russian does not use быстрый интернет here. Быстрый means fast, and people may understand it, but скоростной интернет is the more natural and standard way to say high-speed internet.
Why does скоростной end in -ой?
Because it agrees with интернет, which is a masculine singular noun in the nominative case.
So:
- скоростной = masculine singular nominative adjective
- интернет = masculine singular nominative noun
Russian adjectives must agree with the nouns they describe in:
- gender
- number
- case
That is why you get скоростной интернет.
Why is интернет masculine?