Беременная женщина ждёт врача.

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Breakdown of Беременная женщина ждёт врача.

• врач: the doctor
• женщина: the woman
• беременный: pregnant

Questions & Answers about Беременная женщина ждёт врача.

Why does беременная end in -ая?

Because it is a full adjective in the feminine nominative singular form, and it agrees with женщина.

In Russian, adjectives change to match the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• женщина is feminine
• singular
• nominative (the subject)

So the adjective must also be:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

That gives беременная.

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Why is it беременная женщина, but Женщина беременна?

These are two different adjective forms used in two different ways.

• беременная = the full form, used before a noun:
  беременная женщина
• беременна = the short form, used as the predicate:
  Женщина беременна

So:

• беременная женщина = a pregnant woman
• Женщина беременна = The woman is pregnant

This is a very common Russian pattern with adjectives.

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