Breakdown of Трекинговые палки и ледоступы уже готовы.
и
and
уже
already
готов
ready
трекинговые палки
the trekking poles
Questions & Answers about Трекинговые палки и ледоступы уже готовы.
Why is there no verb for are in this sentence?
In Russian, the present-tense verb to be is usually omitted.
So:
- Трекинговые палки и ледоступы уже готовы.
- literally: Trekking poles and ice cleats already ready
But the natural English translation is The trekking poles and ice cleats are already ready.
Russian does not normally say есть here. Using есть would sound unnatural in this kind of sentence.
Why is готовы plural?
Because the subject is plural:
- палки = poles
- ледоступы = ice cleats / traction devices
These two nouns are joined by и = and, so together they form a plural subject.
That is why the predicate is plural too:
- готов = ready (masculine singular)
- готова = ready (feminine singular)
- готово = ready (neuter singular)
- готовы = ready (plural)
So готовы agrees with палки и ледоступы.
Why is it трекинговые палки, not трекинговая палка?