Пицца уже готова.

Because пицца is a feminine singular noun, and готов changes form to match the noun’s gender and number.

Here are the short-form adjective forms of готов:

• готов — masculine
• готова — feminine
• готово — neuter
• готовы — plural

So:

• Суп уже готов. — The soup is already ready.
• Пицца уже готова. — The pizza is already ready.
• Блюдо уже готово. — The dish is already ready.
• Овощи уже готовы. — The vegetables are already ready.

Готова is the short form, while готовая is the full form.

In Russian, short-form adjectives are very commonly used when describing a state or condition, especially in sentences like X is ready, X is happy, X is important, etc.

So:

• Пицца уже готова. = The pizza is already ready.

If you use the full form, it usually sounds more like an attribute before a noun:

• готовая пицца — ready pizza / a ready-made pizza

So in this sentence, готова is the natural choice because it means the pizza is now in the state of being ready.

In the present tense, Russian usually does not use a word for is / am / are.

So:

• Пицца готова. literally looks like Pizza ready.
• But it means The pizza is ready.

This is completely normal in Russian. The verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

Compare:

• Я студент. — I am a student.
• Он дома. — He is at home.
• Пицца уже готова. — The pizza is already ready.

Уже means already.

It shows that the action or state has been reached by now, perhaps earlier than expected or after waiting.

So:

• Пицца готова. — The pizza is ready.
• Пицца уже готова. — The pizza is already ready.

It often adds a feeling like:

• it happened sooner than expected,
• the waiting is over,
• or the speaker is emphasizing that the result has been reached.

Yes, Russian word order is flexible, but the most neutral version is:

• Пицца уже готова.

Other orders are possible, but they may sound more marked or emphasize different parts of the sentence.

For example:

• Пицца уже готова. — neutral
• Уже пицца готова. — stronger emphasis on already
• Пицца готова уже. — possible in speech, often more emotional or contrastive

As a learner, it is best to use Пицца уже готова unless you have a specific reason to emphasize something.

Пицца is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing being described.

The sentence is about the pizza and its state:

• Пицца — subject
• уже — adverb
• готова — short-form adjective describing the subject

So the base form пицца is exactly what we expect here.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Пицца — PEET-sa
• уже — oo-ZHE
• готова — ga-TA-va

A more careful approximation:

• ПИЦ-ца у-ЖЕ го-ТО-ва

Stress:

• пи́цца
• уже́
• гото́ва

The г in готова is pronounced like g in go.

Yes, пицца is feminine.

A very common rule is that nouns ending in -а or -я are usually feminine. Since пицца ends in -а, it is treated as feminine, which is why the adjective is готова.

That said, there are some exceptions in Russian, but пицца follows the normal pattern.

Yes, you could, but it means something slightly different in tone.

• Пицца уже готова. — The pizza is already ready.
• Пицца уже приготовлена. — The pizza has already been prepared / cooked.

Готова focuses on the resulting state: it’s ready now.

Приготовлена focuses more on the fact that it has been prepared.

In everyday situations like talking about food being ready to eat, Пицца уже готова is usually the most natural.

Yes. In natural English, Пицца уже готова can often be translated as:

• The pizza is already ready.
• The pizza is ready.
• The pizza is done already.
• The pizza is done.

The best English translation depends on context, but the Russian sentence itself is simple and natural for saying that the pizza has finished cooking and is ready.

Very often, yes, but not always in every context.

In this sentence, уже is exactly the right word:

• Пицца уже готова.

But English already can sometimes have different nuances, and Russian may use different structures depending on the sentence.

Still, for a basic sentence like this one, уже = already is a good and reliable match.

Yes, absolutely.

Even though it only has three words, it is a full, natural sentence:

• Пицца — the subject
• уже — an adverb
• готова — the predicate describing the subject

Russian does not need a present-tense is, so nothing is missing.