Learn Hardcore Russian: Каждый друг любит еду.

The word каждый means "every" or "each." It emphasizes every individual member of a group. In Russian, when you use каждый, you always pair it with a singular noun to stress individual units—as in каждый друг ("each friend")—even though the overall meaning refers to a group.

Why is the verb любит in the singular form when we seem to be talking about multiple friends?

Because каждый друг is treated as a singular subject since it refers to each friend individually. In Russian, subjects defined by words like каждый are grammatically singular, so the verb must agree by being in the third person singular form—thus, любит is correctly used.

What case is the noun друг in, and how does it agree with каждый?

The noun друг is in the nominative singular case, which is standard for the subject of a sentence. The adjective каждый must agree with друг in gender, number, and case; since друг is masculine singular, каждый is also masculine singular.

Why is the word еду used for "food" instead of its base form еда?