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Questions & Answers about Задание интересное.
What is the grammatical structure of Задание интересное?
This sentence is a simple subject-predicate structure. Задание ("assignment" or "task") is the subject, and интересное ("interesting") is the predicate adjective describing the subject. Note that in Russian the linking verb (equivalent to "is" in English) is typically omitted in the present tense.
Why does the adjective appear as интересное instead of интересный or интересная?
The form интересное is used because the noun задание is neuter. In Russian, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. Since задание is a neuter singular noun, the adjective takes the neuter singular ending -ое.
Why is there no verb equivalent to "is" in this sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb быть ("to be") is usually omitted. When making statements where the predicate is an adjective or a noun, the linking verb is understood and does not need to be explicitly stated. Thus, Задание интересное succinctly communicates "The assignment is interesting."
Can the word order be rearranged, such as saying Интересное задание, and would it change the meaning?
Yes, Russian word order is relatively flexible. While Задание интересное and Интересное задание both mean "The assignment is interesting," the latter may shift the emphasis slightly onto the quality of being interesting. However, the fundamental meaning stays the same.