Word
Я вижу интересную книгу.
Meaning
I see an interesting book.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Я вижу интересную книгу.
What does Я mean in this sentence?
Я means I in English, serving as the subject of the sentence.
How is the verb вижу formed, and what tense does it express?
Вижу is the first-person singular present tense form of the verb видеть (to see). It indicates that the speaker is currently seeing something.
Why is the adjective written as интересную and not интересная?
In Russian, adjectives must agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. Here, the noun книга (book) is in the accusative case as the direct object, so интересный (interesting) changes to интересную to match its feminine accusative form.
What case is книгу in, and why does its ending differ from the nominative form книга?
Книгу is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb вижу. Feminine nouns ending in -а typically change their ending to -у in the accusative singular, which is why книга becomes книгу.
Why are there no articles like a or an in the Russian sentence?
Russian does not have articles. Concepts like a, an, or the are expressed through context rather than specific words, so the sentence naturally lacks an article even though English requires one.