Word
Керамика хрупкая.
Meaning
Ceramics is fragile.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Elon.io is an online learning platform
We have an entire course teaching Russian grammar and vocabulary.
Questions & Answers about Керамика хрупкая.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.
So:
- Керамика хрупкая. = Ceramic/Ceramics is fragile.
- Literally, it is more like Ceramic fragile.
This is completely normal Russian. If you wanted the past or future, you would use forms of быть:
- Керамика была хрупкой. = The ceramic was fragile.
- Керамика будет хрупкой. = The ceramic will be fragile.
Why does хрупкая end in -ая?
Because it has to agree with керамика.
Керамика is:
- feminine
- singular
- nominative
So the adjective also has to be feminine singular nominative, which gives хрупкая.
Compare:
- хрупкий — masculine
- хрупкая — feminine
- хрупкое — neuter
- хрупкие — plural
Russian adjectives change their endings to match the noun they describe.
What is the dictionary form of хрупкая?
The dictionary form is хрупкий.
Russian dictionaries usually list adjectives in the masculine singular nominative form. So you look up хрупкий, even if in the sentence you see хрупкая.