Репродукция глянцевая.

the reproduction (of an artwork)

Breakdown of Репродукция глянцевая.

• глянцевый: glossy

Questions & Answers about Репродукция глянцевая.

Why is there no word for is in Репродукция глянцевая?

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

So:

• Репродукция глянцевая. = The reproduction is glossy.

Russian does not normally say Репродукция есть глянцевая in ordinary speech. Using есть here would sound unnatural.

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Why does глянцевая end in -ая?

Because it agrees with репродукция, which is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

The adjective must match the noun in gender, number, and usually case.

Here:

• репродукция = feminine singular
• глянцевая = feminine singular form of глянцевый / глянцевый-type adjective meaning glossy

That is why you see -ая.

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What case is репродукция in? And what about глянцевая?

Репродукция is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

Глянцевая is also in the nominative feminine singular form.

So the structure is basically:

• репродукция = subject
• глянцевая = predicate adjective

Even though there is no written is, the sentence is still complete.

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